[Jay]

Some of you saw how I applied Google's mapping API to an interactive map of my town.
http://www.gladwyne.com/map.htm

After a quick look at Yahoo's beta, I'm going to do the same thing to see how it goes and try it for my Kiawah place.
http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/index.php#maxp=search
There are a number of ways to implement their mapping, JS/Ajax, Flash, etc.

My Kiawah mapping never got real far and Google fails to accurately locate a few places in that area - like my home. You can however, play with Lat/Long to tweak the errors.
http://www.kiawahstyle.com/map.html

[jayfro]

I implemented google, then yahoo. Yahoo was easier I though, but the map of my neighborhood isn't that great. All the houses on the street look like they are on top of each other.

Jay Fro

[Jay]

Interesting, JayFro. is your Yahoo map online to see?

[Jay]

I appear to have some JS issues with IE7b. OK on FF. I'm putting this off for a while.

[jayfro]

http://api.maps.yahoo.com/Maps/V1/annotate...ro/yahoomap.xml

and

http://68.13.154.186:8080/whisperingridge/googlemapapi.cfm


I had to use Yahoo's Geocode since Google doesn't have one. This is the primary reason I went with Yahoo. Now that I look at it a bit closer, I do like Yahoo better. It was Yahoo that doesn't allow for the XML to be on a non standard port, so I had to put my XML on a Geocities account. This makes me have to sort of "manually" create the Yahoo XML, upload it, then generate the map. On Google, the entire map and geocoding is done on the fly from a database of the neighborhood directory (hence it is a bit slower). It is pulling the directory, then doing a Yahoo Geocode on each address, then building the map.

You will notice on Yahoo that there is a different Icon for HomeOwners Association directors, residents, and babysitters in the neighborhood.

Jay Fro

[Jay]

I can't get any info from the Google map. I just get red markers.