Basically, we send press releases for our clients and we would like to display to them on a map exactly where their releases are sent. Some sort of heat map make sense to me. Unfortunately, it's not at all as simple as it seems. I've come across six possible options below:
http://www.heatmapapi.com/Default.aspx http://www.maptimize.com/ http://code.google.com/p/gheat/ http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/geomap.html http://maker.geocommons.com/ http://blog.everyblock.com/2008/feb/18/maps/ (build your own) I'm not really a fan of the nebulous cloudy stuff because we are very specifically sending discrete numbers of press releases. I'm leaning towards either color coding ZIP codes or placing varying sizes of circles on the map. Maker and Maptimize are the most promising, but of course they are not free (and it's not clear how well their APIs work). If possible, I would prefer to do this with Google APIs, but it doesn't seem easy. Apparently you cannot zoom in closer than the entire country using the visualization API, and the maps API seems difficult. So, my question is have I missed anything on the Internet or are those six links above my best options? Also, is it possible to do it solely using Google APIs, or am I better off going with one of those paid services? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization 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-visualization-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
