Thanks for this Rob. This tool is awesome. Can anyone use it? On Jan 25, 11:35 am, Rob Maclean <robmacl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > [It was suggested on the Fusion Tables forum that I post here to share a > tool that might help some on this forum]. > > We've just built a free web app > (http://www.satpacktravel.com/build-your-own-map.html) that enables any > business to generate their own Google Map that does all the 'normal' stuff > you'd expect but also: > > - Is mobi-friendly - optimised quick loading for mobile browsers / > screen sizes, infowindows with tabs, one-touch dialling etc. > - Is geo-located - detects / updates users location and provides routing > from their location to the business. > - Shows business description, photo, contact details and uses the > businesses logo as their map marker. > - The user can select the initial zoom level, view type etc etc. > - The built map runs Google Adsense maps on it. > > We built it using the Maps V3 API but all the submitted data is stored > online (and then pulled from) a Fusion Table. One thing that is quite > different about our approach to other map making tools is that we generate > and provide the *entire* webpage to be uploaded (or businesses can link to > a version on our server). This is because if you just provide code snippets > for embedding, this is often dropped in to a page that is not itself > mobi-friendly. So the map is too small or doesn't work properly. Our pages > are automatically generated and emailed out using content from the Fusion > Table but contain complete Maps V3 API pages. > > We only beta-launched last week and already 40+ SMEs here in South Africa > have built their maps / microsites using it. And that's is with no > proactive marketing, just viral. Having a mobi-friendly site here is v. > important given more people access web from phone than PC. But because it > all sits in cloud / uses Google Maps, Fusion Tables, Adsense etc. it works > just as well anywhere in world. > > Interestingly, some businesses say they will use it as their mobi-site > pending investing a lot of money in a 'proper' one. In fact, given most > people on a phone want just a snapshop and to get contact info/directions > it makes a lot of sense to base the mobi-site around a map with automatic > one-click routing. > > Anyway, I hope this tool and its code might be of interest to some people > here. Lots more info atwww.satpacktravel.com. Please get in touch if have > any questions. There's still quite a lot of work to do to optimise, but any > suggestions or feedback very welcome. > > Thanks. > > Rob
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