Mapstraction - Mar 2008 - Execute custom code when clicking marker

Hello there! :)

I''m new to this list and new to Mapstraction. I''m working at
?stfold
University College in Norway as part of the Mobile Applications Group
(MAG - http://mobapp.hiof.no/) and I''m developing a tool
("Storix") for
viewing digital stories with references to time and place. Take a look
at http://asia.hiof.no/storix if this sounds interesting (Firefox only
at this time).

At the moment, I''m in the process of exchanging Google Maps for
Mapstraction in Storix. In relation to this, I have some proposals for a
few changes in Mapstraction. I may help implement these, but I do not
know the framework nor you methodology well enough to do this at the
moment (I have, however, done a couple of hacks in Mapstraction to give
it the functionality that I need, so these are not changes that are
urgent to me nor my work).

The thing that is most important for me is to be able to fire a function
when a marker is clicked. The way Mapstraction seems to work at the
moment, is to open an info bubble when a marker is clicked. What about
making a function (for example Marker.addListener()) which takes a
function as argument. When (for example) the GEvent is created in the
toGoogle() function, the function added by addListener() could be
assigned to the GEvent instead of the function (which calls
gmarker.openInfoWindowHtml()) that is assigned now.

Further, the addListener() function could take the event type as
argument in addition to the function, but as I do not know which events
are supported by the different map providers, I don''t know if this is a
good idea.

This could possibly eliminate setInfoDiv() (and code related to it), as
the function passed to addListener() could handle such functionality.

It seems to me that the Mapstraction.clickHandler() may give
functionality similar to what I need, but I don''t really understand how
to use it at the moment.

A couple of additional comments: setHover() seems not to be mentioned in
the documentation. Also, the clickHandler() function takes an argument
"me" that seems not to be in use.

Lastly, I will use the opportunity to let you know that I think
Mapstraction seems to be a great tool! Keep up the good work! :)

Cheers,
?yvind.