Using GPS Data with Google Maps

Google maps is probably one of the most powerful features within google.

<googlemap lat="42.711618" lon="-73.25112"> 42.711618, -73.25112, this point is not on a line 43.224024, -70.28301, neither is this one

1. 770077

42.202452, -72.83101, this is on a line of color #77077 45.214425, -72.48114, so is this

1. 668800

42.201324, -70.95811, this starts a second line 43.404142, -73.44514, this is also on the second line </googlemap>

The API

To use google features within your own html, an API key must be applied for. Each URL needs it's own Key to funtion.

http://www.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html

The google API has specific instructions for adding maps, including GPS tracks to your website.

http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

HTML

WIKI

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Google_Maps

http://en.giswiki.net/wiki/Google_Maps_Extensions/GMap

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mafs/GoogleMapExtension

other types of maps in mediawiki are covered here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Maps

Why Google Maps is better than Google Earth

The biggest problem with Google Earth is that users need to sign in. a pain.

Test Space

<gmap>width=600|height=500|zoom=4|controls=no|type=hybrid| rss=http://www.gpxchange.com/gpxconvert/handler.asp?file=d%3A%5Cinetpub%5Cwwwroot%5CGPXchange%5CGPXconvert%5CGPX%5C100055%2Egpx&size=57509&name=100055%2Egpx%7C usecache=yes</gmap>