My Storing User Input tutorial is here:

http://econym.org.uk/gmap/store.htm

For images you need to consider two scenarios, one where the user has 
the image on their PC and you want to upload a copy to store in your 
webspace, and one where the image already exists on the Internet.


In case 1, you'd need to use <input type="file" />.  Unlike most 
<input>s, you can't grab that file in your client code, you have to let 
the <form> pass control to your file upload server, and you therefore 
lose context on the page you came from.

The normal way to deal with that is to not upload the file from your 
main page, but to have an "upload file" button that launches a little 
popup window. The popup window contains the <form> with the <input 
type="file" /> and also an <input type="hidden"> in which you pass a 
value that identifies the marker with which this image is to be 
associated.

I suggest going to any webpage that allows image uploads (not 
necessarily map related) and having a quick look at the source code of 
the popup.

I'm not sure if there are security issues that need to be considered.

-- 
Mike Williams
http://econym.org.uk/gmap


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