You said "What I really need to do is take it to the next level and dynamically pull in data from my database.", and that's not about the API. Furthermore, the Google Maps API is Javascript and has nothing to do with Ruby. The server side language you choose to use is irrelevant.
Last, but not least, please read and follow the group's posting guidelines: http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/web/suggested-posting-guidelines http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API/web/why-including-a-link-is-critical -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu -- On Sep 29, 6:35 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > If this question is inappropriate for this group, then that's fine. > But how do you figure that this is not an API question? I have a > Rails app, but this is not a question about Rails. It's the google > maps api that populates data on a google map with pointers, right? > > Yes, I have that list of markets displayed on my page already, using > basic Ruby/Rails code. My problem is getting the google map to > recognize and display the data, which is exactly what the map api is > for, is it not? > > This is what I have in my javascript file right now, and it's pretty > google api specific if you ask me: > > function initialize() { > var map = new google.maps.Map2(document.getElementById("map")); > map.setCenter(new google.maps.LatLng(40.7371, -73.9903), 13); > map.setUIToDefault(); > > //http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/events.html > function createMarker(latlng, market) { > var marker = new GMarker(latlng); > var html="<strong>"+market.name+"</strong><br />"+market.address; > > GEvent.addListener(marker,"click", function() { > map.openInfoWindowHtml(latlng, html); > }); > return marker; > } > > var bounds = new GLatLngBounds; > for (var i = 0; i < markets.length; i++) { > var latlng=new GLatLng(markets[i].lat,markets[i].lng) > bounds.extend(latlng); > map.addOverlay(createMarker(latlng, markets[i])); > }} > > window.onload=initialize; > window.onunload="GUnload()"; > > On Sep 29, 11:48 am, Marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sep 29, 4:28 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What I really need to > > > do is take it to the next level and dynamically pull in data from my > > > database. > > > That's not a Maps API question. > > Do you know how to get data from your database to an otherwise empty > > HTML page? > > > -- > > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
