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COMMUNITY WALK: MAPPING MADE EASY
DOWNLOAD THE JAVASCRIPT MASHUP CODE
MAKING A GOOGLE MAPS MASHUP
MAP MASHUP SITES
MULTIMEDIA WIKI MASHUPS FOR CHEAP JOURNALISTS
TURN IMAGE INTO GOOGLE MAP
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Cecil Schwalbe Found only in the Galapagos, the marine iguana is unique among modern lizards because it can live and forage in the sea.

MAP MASHUP SITES

Map of Local Bars

Map of Cronkite School Faculty and Staff Homes

Chicago Crime Map

Map of Craigslist Housing

Google Maps Mania
100 Things to do with Google Map Mashups
#1 Find a world brewery
#2 Track world terrorism
#7 See world at night
#18 Look at clouds

Avian Flu Map on Google Earth

Different icons show top ten countries people have immigrated from and the top five states where they live. Includes extra info and source of data.

Different icons show Josefina’s journey from Sonora, Mexico to the United States.

Icons show top ten food-producing states with lots of extra info and source.

MAKING A GOOGLE MAPS MASHUP

By Steve Doig, as taught by Mo Tamman (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

  • Create a URL where your map will be displayed.

  • Go to http://www.google.com/apis/maps/ to sign up for a Google Maps API key. You need to have a Google account to do this. Both are free. Copy the whole key when it is generated, then paste into a text file for further use.


  • Cecil Schwalbe Marine iguanas sneeze excess salt from their nasal glands, coating their faces with white salt.
  • Go to http://www.batchgeocode.com to generate latitudes and longitudes for the addresses you want to map. Use Excel to put your data in the format described, then save as a tab-delimited text file. Copy the text file, then paste into the window. Validate source, then make any necessary selection in Step 4. Click “Run Geocoder”. Right click on result, Select All, Copy, then Paste into a text file.

  • Use the text editor or Excel to create an xml file with this format:

<Folder>
<marker html ="Chris Callahan" Address="12778 N 130th Pl.,Scottsdale" coords="-111.799763,33.602659" />
<marker html ="Craig Allen" Address="624 N. El Dorado, Gilbert" coords="-111.82577,33.360963" />
<marker html ="Marianne Barrett" Address="P.O. Box 2665, Tempe" coords="-111.9307,33.4273" />
</Folder>

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