GoogleMaps Usage? - CPAN::Forum

Posted on 2005-04-08 16:55:16-07 by karl

GoogleMaps Usage?

Hi all -

It's been a while since I've updated this module, though the folks at Google Maps have been really adding some cool new features to the Google Maps beta! How about those satellite images, huh?

Anyway, I hope to update this release in the next few weeks, but it would help if you'd let me know if and how you use this module. What sort of features would be most helpful? What kind of applications do you use this for?

Thanks!

--Karl.

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Posted on 2005-04-26 04:14:11-07 by t9mike in response to 315

Re: GoogleMaps Usage?

Karl, I was just trying to get it going but ran into problems with GD.pm. test6 fails at the line: $im->string(gdLargeFont,150,10,"Hello world!",$red); with a core dump. Any ideas? I am going to try on another Linux install... -Mike

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Posted on 2005-04-26 04:33:48-07 by karl in response to 382

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Mike, this doesn't seem to be related to GoogleMaps specifically. GD is a separate module that you'll need to get working first before GoogleMaps will work.

You'll want to review the GD page on CPAN and look through its README file for installation tips.

Hope this helps!

--Karl.

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Posted on 2005-04-26 16:29:12-07 by t9mike in response to 383

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Hi Karl. I knew the problem was with the underlying GD module and C library. Just had hopes that you may have come accross this.

I gave up on both cygwin and my first Linux install. Got GD.pm working on a 3rd, however.

Your library is very cool. My Web app simply needs to generate maps for an address so I'd have to do coordinate lookup via something like Geo::Coder::US. My app might have a feature whereby multiple businesses are plotted on a single map, but Google's limited number of labels A-J is a pain. I could also use Yahoo! Maps or some such, but Google Maps are very pretty and linking the map image to the interactive Google version would be nice.

Am I right that zoom level and markers are incompatible? I could not make zoom work w/ 1 marker.

Regards, -Mike

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Posted on 2005-04-26 18:30:46-07 by t9mike in response to 385

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Browsing the code, custom markers from a local or Web source should be a piece of cake. Along those lines, the option of spitting out a client-side image map for the markers would be cool.

I'm still not far enough in my project to know whether I'll need multiple markers Karl, but if I do I may add the above and let you know.

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