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knowschad · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:25 am Post subject:

That's really cook, sir_zman! How did you create that xml?

(for anyone that wants to see his xml, just remove everything from the URL before and including the question mark, then hit GO )
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sir_zman · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:32 pm Post subject: update!

I read the post above about google letting you use their API to develop maps, so I tried that and I think this looks even better, it can take a while to load all the map points. This is the first 10 pages of results around eden prairie. Click on a point to see the name and position. Once I code this, it was very easy to add waypoints.
Sir_Zmans Map.
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sir_zman · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 12:37 pm Post subject:

To create the XML I took the normal LOC download from geocaching.com and just changed it to match the expected names for mygmaps.com. But with the second post I just made, I am able to use the LOC file from geocaching.com and the only thing I have to change is the following:

knowschad · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject: Google Map Bookmarklet

A guy by the name of Avantbard posted a link on the geocache.com forums about a "bookmarklet" he wrote to parse out the longitude and latitude from a cache page and call Google maps with them:

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=100483&st=0&#entry1566927

(direct link to his page)

http://avantbard.com/

However, it doesn't work for me with IE 6, unfortunately.

(for those that haven't heard about them yet, "bookmarklets" are short javascripts that you can save as a Favorite, and run them by "loading" them like you would a Favorite. The scripts can do just about anything, but generally affect the page that you're viewing at the time. There are some very cool ones out there if you look!)
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jaywc7 · Geocacher Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 360

knowschad · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 9:43 am Post subject:

Perhaps this is getting a bit off topic, and I suppose everyone here checks the groundspeak forums, but I thought I'd call your attention to a recently posted messabe about another REALLY cool gps mapping site :

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=102133
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KC0GRN · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1424

Nice! I might just have to play with that site a bit. Still waiting on google earth... darned downloads....

jaywc7 · Geocacher Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 360

knowschad · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject:

sir_zman · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:58 pm Post subject:

You can map by coords, either lat,long in decimal or in this format (right off of geocaching.com)

N 44° 53.309 W 093° 28.034

OR (I Think this works)
NDD MM SS, WDD MM SS

Or am I misunderstanding what you mean by mapping by coords.

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

Mario and Princess Peach · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:58 pm Post subject:

Here's some interesting info I just came across:

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Mapping Hacks

This time last year, I met PERL wizard Rich Gibson at Dorkbot and he told me that he had just started work on a Mapping Hacks book for O'Reilly. Last week, I had the opportunity to peruse the finished book, co-written with Schuyler Erle and Jo Walsh. As a "map curious" newcomer to digital cartography, I can say with certainty that it's an engaging and downright inspiring book. From Google Maps to Dodgeball, location-enhanced technologies are all the rage these days. But it's easy to get lost in the hype of geocoding, Geographic Information Systems, and even GPS. Fortunately, as with the other books in O'Reilly's Hacks series, Mapping Hacks is all about learning by doing.

The hacks range from gems like #7, perfectly titled "Will the Kids Barf?" (how to create an index of road curvedness), to "#39 View Your Photo Thumbnails on a Flash Map," to "#76 Explore the Effects of Global Warming." I'm told that even experienced map hackers will get off on the open source GIS tricks, geocoding Web hacks, and other technical material. For me though, Mapping Hacks is a perfect compass to guide me into the realm of digital cartography with plenty of welcome rest stops and fun tourist attractions along the way.

http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mappinghks/

http://mappinghacks.com/

KC0GRN · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1424

For all you firefox users out there. Got this from the national forums. I tried it out and it works good, pulled up google earth and the cache coords. Kinda fun to play with.

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=103064&st=0&#entry1589694

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

For those of you using GreaseMonkey: http://www.mozdev.org/pipermail/greasemonkey/2005-July/004033.html
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rickrich · Geocacher Joined: 06 Jul 2003 Posts: 673

http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org/