Google Maps and Web Dev

Gavin "shels"

Haven't looked into it yet, but I'm sure someone on here will have an answer, I'm looking into doing a website embedding Google Maps into it using the API, I'm just wondering if I done this, can I put markers on certain places on the map within the site?
Cheers.

Giblet

Yep!

var gLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(52, -6);
var myOptions = {
     zoom: 12,
     mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("Map"), myOptions);
map.setCenter(gLatLng);
new google.maps.Marker({
      position: gLatLng,
      map: map,
      title: 'My Marker'
});

You can create additional markers by

var myNewLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(50,0);
new google.maps.Marker({
      position: myNewLatLng,
      map: map,
      title: 'My New Marker'
});

Gavin "shels"

Cheers, do you have any useful links? It's for a college project, but I'm want to have it fully researched before I go out of my depth.:D

ocallagh

Google have pretty decent documentation on their Maps Apis. You'll probably want Maps Javascript Api version 3

frezzabelle

Have a look at GWT. It gives you the use of map lib's plus no java script, all java widgets which get compiled into js. Useful if you come from a java background. Good luck.