RE: [backstage] Google Maps API

[Stephen Miller]

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Hi Kim,   If Melvyn was to add on address or postcode information it would certainly be doable. Better still if you were to take a GPS device with you, or find the location on an OS map, these can all be converted to degrees of longitude and latitude which can then be easily plotted onto a google map. As far as adding a link to the content, again as long as the content is mapped to coordinates somehow, this is very easy. The points on google maps have bubbles that accept normal HTML.   If you want more detailed info or a point clarified, don’t hesitate to email me or just the list and I’m sure someone can help you more! Any other ideas are also appreciated by programmers on this list too! :)   Cheers, Steve   From: owner-backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Kim Plowright Sent: 06 July 2005 16:31 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: RE: [backstage] Google Maps API   Probably even more off topic, and hello list, sorry, I lurk as I'm *so* not techy enough for most of the conversations...   But has everyone seen this flickr / google earth mix? Appols if it has done the rounds...   http://www.flickr.com/groups/topic/50193/   And a slightly unrelated note, and a tad off topic.... could anyone shed any light on how easy this would be to achieve...   In Our Time - Melvyn's weekly newsletter. He tends to dictate it whilst walking around London - cue much merriment about getting rained on, etc. How easy would it be to strip out location / placename data from the emails, and map 'Where's Melvyn?' on to google maps? Possibly with a link to download/listen again to the episode he talks about? A very silly idea, I know, but quite cute... I'm interested in ideas that spatially locate programming and content. You could imagine being stood on waterloo bridge and your mobile suddenly going off, delivering you that week's podcast...   Kim (BBC type, project manager in Interactive Drama and Entertainment, can't code for toffee...)