Hi, I have a site that is displaying Google Maps API markers (http:// www.julieshad.com/so_or_ag/map.html utilizing http://www.julieshad.com/so_or_ag/marker2.xml) by accessing data from XML, parsing it and displaying it. Right now I'm using attributes, which I'm finding to be somewhat limiting, and I will be expanding my number of markers so I need to decide on a data structure. First, in order to put HTML within the attribute (i.e. img sr to display a picture), I'm having to use some unorthodox coding to place "<", etc. This won't work because I want it to be easy to update/ change the XML content for people who are novices at HTML.
Additionally, a goal of mine is to be able to reference data in the XML through other attributes in the XML. For instance, if an attribute of one marker has a word that is the name of another marker, I want to be able to link to that marker. If you click on the green marker at the top, it displays "Amuse" and "Arbor House". These are the "connections" attribute of the marker named "Brian's Green Thumb...". Since "Amuse" is the exact name of another marker, I'd like to access the attributes of "Amuse" through a link or something. Is this making sense? And is it possible? So, in general I'd like to find a better and easier way to organize my data for display. Mysql may be nice, but I want to avoid setting up a database and maintaining that if possible. Will a more robust application of xml be better, like using more elements vs. a lot of attributes? Or maybe just a comma-separated value .txt file may be better, but hard to believe. I'm not an expert coder so I need something that works with Google Maps fairly well. Thanks for any time, and I'll gladly help explain further if questions, Shad -- 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.
