On Aug 3, 4:58 pm, shadrack <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a site that is displaying Google Maps API markers > (http://www.julieshad.com/so_or_ag/map.htmlutilizinghttp://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.
I use CDATA elements in XML to allow entry of text "as is". Example: http://www.geocodezip.com/GenericMapBrowser.asp?filename=F18CrashSite081208.xml&type=hybrid which uses this xml: http://www.geocodezip.com/F18CrashSite081208.xml -- Larry > > 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.
