I want to create a page that displays a map based on a place name entered by the user - e.g. Golden Gate Bridge gets a map of San Francisco, centered on the bridge - pretty basic. What GEMS/packages do I need to install for this? Any gotchas I need to think about (apart from duplicate place name resolution). Any sample code would also be helpful. FWIW I''m thinking of Google maps rather than Yahoo maps for this, but either is probably OK. TIA, Brendan
BrendanC wrote:> What GEMS/packages do I need to install for this? Any gotchas I need > to think about (apart from duplicate place name resolution). >A quick search on Github revealed this: http://github.com/bhedana/google_maps/tree/master> Any sample code would also be helpful. FWIW I''m thinking of Google > maps rather than Yahoo maps for this, but either is probably OK.The plugin site has some sample code. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
2009/7/6 Robert Walker <rails-mailing-list-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org>:> > BrendanC wrote: >> What GEMS/packages do I need to install for this? Any gotchas I need >> to think about (apart from duplicate place name resolution). >> > A quick search on Github revealed this: > http://github.com/bhedana/google_maps/tree/master > >> Any sample code would also be helpful. FWIW I''m thinking of Google >> maps rather than Yahoo maps for this, but either is probably OK. > The plugin site has some sample code.Have a look at mapstraction, it is a javascript library that provides a supplier independent API to google, yahoo etc so you can develop your application and decide late (even at run time) which map supplier to use. See www.mapstraction.com Colin