Sure! One of my favourites is the McDonalds one:
http://mcdonalds.com.au/find-us/restaurant If you use My Maps, you could use the Google Maps Data API to pull it down: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/mapsdata/developers_guide_javascript.html Note, that the Maps Data API is in Labs and therefore not as well supported as something like the Maps API. Getting the data from the CMS is definitely an option - get it to produce JSON output containing the stores and you'll be laughing. Cheers Chris On Oct 2, 6:15 am, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I've been asked to build a Store Locator on a clients website... I > was thinking of making them a gmail account and showing them how to > build a My Maps map with all their stores and having that display on > their site in the iframe. Not sure if that is the best use of Google > Maps for this situation. > > Alternatively, the site currently has a custom CMS our company built > for them and I've been considering whether it's possible to use the > API to push the store information to Google Maps from the backend of > their website. > > I'm really looking for suggestions on how best Google Maps can be used > as a Store Locator, if anyone has recommendations or examples they can > point me towards I would appreciate it immensely! > > Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
