Testing embedded maps.

[Herzog]

Feel free to test this out or use in your threads as needed.
Quote me to see how it's done. You can use GPS coordinates as well.

[map]Moab, UT[/map]

Post up if this doesn't work in your browser.

 

[Greg]

Whoa, that's cool!!

 

[Spork]

That's cool

 

[sixstringsteve]

Test [map]castle dale, ut[/map]

 

[sixstringsteve]

pretty cool. Is there a way to highlight a route and have it show up in the post as well?

 

[Herzog]

pretty cool. Is there a way to highlight a route and have it show up in the post as well?

That's the next step, hoping to figure it out soon.

 

[sixstringsteve]

you da man.

 

[sixstringsteve]

test:

[map]http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=84043&daddr=UT-10+S+to:ferron,+ut&hl=en&sll=39.7533,-111.360155&sspn=1.731471,2.469177&geocode=FaKpaAIdaqdU-SnLhKB2qn5NhzHFzGdXdMpheQ%3BFbJKVgIdgOhh-Q%3BFU-FVAId1z1g-SmPjOR6MOJLhzHhcEUE3KRg4w&gl=us&mra=ls&t=h&z=9[/MAP]

It's almost working. It's cutting off the last point.

 

[Herzog]

test:

It's almost working. It's cutting off the last point.

If I zoom out it's there. Nice!

I really want to find out if you can plot coords to display routes, other than just following the routes it knows.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I've seen it done on bogley, but the code didn't work here.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I really want to find out if you can plot coords to display routes, other than just following the routes it knows.

Like this? These are the routes for little wildhorse canyon down by Goblin Valley. For some reason it's still losing plot C and E.

[map]http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=N38%C2%B0+34'+59%22+++W110%C2%B0+48'+10%22&daddr=N38%C2%B0+35'+20%22+++W110%C2%B0+48'+24%22+to:N38%C2%B0+36'+37%22+++W110%C2%B0+47'+31%22+to:N38%C2%B0+36'+56%22+++W110%C2%B0+48'+20%22+to:N38%C2%B0+36'+22%22+++W110%C2%B0+49'+01%22&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.634573,-110.765877&spn=0.219911,0.308647&sll=39.483285,-111.043645&sspn=3.476388,4.938354&geocode=FRC7TAIdpkhl-Q%3BFdnRTAIddTll-Q%3BFWYlTQId-HJl-Q%3BFQQ6TQIdzD1l-Q%3BFR8VTQIdUBFl-Q&mra=pr&t=h&z=12[/map]

 

[Herzog]

Dude, I just found out that you can load KMZ files into google maps. Check out this example on the hells revenge trail map:
http://www.rme4x4.com/showthread.php?44650-Moab-UT-Hells-Revenge

:freak:

 

[Herzog]

The kmz file has to be hosted. Just put the url to the kmz file between the [ map ] tags.

[map]http://www.rme4x4.com/posts/maps/HellsRevenge.kmz[/map]

 

[sixstringsteve]

oh man, that is too cool. I thought KMZs were limited to google earth only. That's a game-changer there. My next question is, can I create a KMZ file in google maps, or do I have to do it in Google Earth?

 

[Herzog]

oh man, that is too cool. I thought KMZs were limited to google earth only. That's a game-changer there. My next question is, can I create a KMZ file in google maps, or do I have to do it in Google Earth?

I looked up "Google maps tricks" and kmz importing was one of the topics. Way cool! Currently the only way I know how to create them is in Earth, but I'm betting there is another way.

 

[sixstringsteve]

I found a way to create KMZ files from Google maps:
http://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/9131/create-kmz-from-google-maps

Now I just need a place to host my kmz files.

 

[Herzog]

I tried linking to it as an attachment but it didn't work. That would have been really cool.

 

[Herzog]

Static (non-interactive) map test; using smap

[smap]Moab, UT[/smap]

[smap]N 40 31.438 W 111 36.494[/smap]

[smap]N 38 24 22.92 W 109 24 28.51&zoom=13[/smap]

 

[RockMonkey]

Works on Honeycomb. I kinda dig the simpleness of non-interactivity.

 

[Herzog]

I do too. Loads way faster too.

I'm thinking about possibly using this as the preview, then displaying the interactive map when you click... maybe?