A basic XML file looks like this

<markers>
  <marker name="name1" lat="xx.yyy" lng="xx.yyy" category="cat1" />
  <marker name="name2" lat="xx.yyy" lng="xx.yyy" category="cat2" />
</markers>

On Nov 3, 5:17 pm, The House <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Grok,
>
> This may seem niave, but how do I get my data into .xml format? I've got it
> in typical spreadsheet form now.  When I try to save it as .xml in excell,
> it tells me I need to map some of the elements.  My data have lat/lon
> columns and several other attribute columns.
>
> Thanks...
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Grok Lobster <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Have you looked at Mike's tutorial on Categories? He uses an XML file
> > which is probably similar to what you want.
>
> >http://econym.org.uk/gmap/categories.htm
>
> > On Nov 3, 4:09 pm, The House <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Hi Everybody,
>
> > > I need to display about a hundred points in a Google Maps API, with
> > > color codes.  I have tried this several ways, with varying success. I
> > > can use the tool from the tutorial to load the data in from a text
> > > file (http://econym.org.uk/gmap/basic9.htm).  I can also use a kml
> > > file along with the kml tool from the tutorial (http://econym.org.uk/
> > > gmap/geoxml.htm).  When I use the .kml tool, the aesthetic (color)
> > > info is gone, and the attribute info gets lost.  I cannot figure out
> > > how to categorize the points into a few bins for color coding based on
> > > the magnitude of an attribute.
>
> > > Also, can somebody help me figure out how to get my data into .xml
> > > format? If I'm starting out w/ a normal spreadsheet of data, how does
> > > one convert to .xml? This is the reason I used the text file import
> > > earlier on.
>
> > > Thanks all...
>
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