Ahh yes, I was just looking at the xml the first time. Sorry about that, and thanks for the reply!
I'm assuming the other part of my question may be a bit far-reaching to expect a quick answer on a post, but I'll try. Is there any way to reference other xml elements from within the xml? What I mean is, if I have a marker named A and its associated attributes, and a different marker named B that includes A in one of its attributes, and I display marker B, can I somehow reference the attributes of marker A when I display marker B? This may be confusing, but I'm trying to tie different markers together that are related through their attributes...perhaps to highlight connected markers, etc. Thanks again so much, Shad On Aug 3, 7:58 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 3, 7:26 pm, shadrack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the response and help. I don't see where you have CDATA > > inside the XML. Can you provide an example of how you include the > > CDATA elements in the xml? That will undoubtedly work better than > > what I'm doing. I've used CDATA elements before, but I tried inside > > the xml, and I couldn't get it to work. Thanks again, > > Do a view source on this xml (link in my earlier post > also...):http://www.geocodezip.com/F18CrashSite081208.xml > > Do you not see the CDATA tags? > > -- Larry > > > > > Shad > > > On Aug 3, 5:27 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > 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.juliesh...) > > > > 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=F18CrashSite... > > > > 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.
