Hey Brett thanks a lot for your input I truly appreciate it. And unfortuanelly my knowledge of php/MySQL is very limited but not @ zero.
1. You're first suggestion "Have the users store the lat/long in a database." looks like the best solution and especially if the Job poster can select it from the map (our country ain't that big) Also I can easily integrate the fields on the post page but also adding those extra fields in the MySQL database. But how to achieve this with the Google Map API I've got not a clue how to achieve this. Pobably this easy to do and I will look for this solution but if somebody knows how to do it,..well please tell me where I can find this thread/topic/tutorial etc.? 2. This also sounds to be the fix needed for make it happen only I've got not an idea how to make this work. Not enough knowledge of XML at this moment how to achieve this. Maybe somebody can tell where to find a solution/post/tutorial for this. 3. Same as above Of course I will keep looking for a solution(s) to make thet steps by Brett all happen but of course any guidance is very appreciated! Thanks again for the input it makes it all a bit more tangible. Chris On 25 aug, 04:21, Brekin <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's what I would (have) do in broad terms: > > * Have the users store the lat/long in a database. This could be done > via a Google Map and read the lat/long from the marker or via a form > where they could enter the lat/long directly - whatever suits your > needs. > > * Use a server side programming language such as PHP to create a > dynamically generated XML file based on these lat/long values. You > could use a $_GET variable to filter the data in the XML to the city > that you were interested in. > > * Import the XML document to display the markers on a map. See one of > Mike's many good tutorials on how to do this. > > What you need to be able to do: > Actually have an good understanding of backend databases and server > side scripting to generate both the input forms and the xml. Though I > see that you have used an off the shelf solution for your job board so > I don't know what level of skills you have. > > Cheers > Brett > > On Aug 23, 6:00 am, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > @Rossko > > Thanks for the links > > > But I only see solutions for importing a lot of pre defined locations. > > Not to make it driven by the input of the users/database (which I > > want). I would like to link it with my current job table with the > > cities defined by the job posters. With the effect to search in the > > site and see an overview of the Jobs in maps. Unfortuanenelly to > > achieve the same effect likehttp://www.housingmaps.com/thenI get > > directly at a dead end how to make it work. > > > Can anyone tell me where I can find the post/tutorial/discussion which > > tells a bit more how to achieve this > > > Thanks for the effort > > > Chris > > On 21 aug, 00:36, Rossko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > and this sort of interaction with the database is what I want but can > > > > I achieve this effect with the Google Maps API? Can this API > > > > communicate and generate the locations that are placed by job posters > > > > and are in my database? If so what are the steps in a nutshell? > > > > Yes. You can get some ideas > > > herehttp://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/articles.html > > > There are a lot of 'real estate' websites out there that do something > > > similar too.http://www.housingmaps.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
