Aside from my privacy concern, im wondering how did this guy get the locations to have marker icons and categories? THAT is something I must have going forward. I think his solution might be better than the FusionTablesLayer (maybe not, I dont fully understand these things, im winging this as I go hah)?
http://www.geocodezip.com/MW_example_categories_headings.html I checked the source and it appears to be reading the data from an .xml file? I dont have any experience with those.. On Dec 8, 10:08 pm, EM <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks a ton for the speedy response, godsend! I saw several other > posts with people asking how to do what I want to do with no response, > ill share this with them :-) > > The backup to .kml was a bit of a pain, every time I did it it would > only export like the title or something .. had to play with it a bit > to get it to export (backup) all the locations together. Nevertheless, > I got the .kml imported into Google Fusion Tables and its looking > good. > > **One issue: im reading the Fusion Table Setup criteria and its saying > "the table must be shared as public" -- is that really necessary? Is > there any way to keep the data a little more confidential? I would > rather not someone be able to extract all these locations. However, I > like the idea of the FusionTables Layer! So in the future, if other > companies wish to add their lists of locations, it would be simply > another layer? > > On Dec 8, 5:15 pm, Nick Doiron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > While viewing your MyMap, look for the "View in Google Earth" link on > > the top right of the map. This is a link to a KML file which can be > > added as a KML > > Layer:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.ht... > > > The points which you have (especially if you are adding thousands of > > points) should be transferred to a new spreadsheet / database system > > called Google Fusion Tables: > > Announcement from > > Google:http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2010/11/maps-data-api-depreca... > > Transfer Service:http://maps-data-liberation.appspot.com/ > > > Fusion tables can easily be added to the Google Maps > > API:http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.ht... > > > -- > > Nick > > > On Dec 7, 10:41 pm, EM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Greetings everyone, > > > > I just started getting into Google Maps API 3 days ago and have been > > > scouring the internet non-stop day/night to learn as much as I can > > > about it. Ive come to a point where I havent been able to find a > > > solution via searching and I know how much everyone hates people > > > asking questions without extensive research so I definitely wanted to > > > avoid that. The things I need help with include: > > > > 1) How to import 15 placemarkers from Google MyMaps into the API (this > > > map will easily have thousands of placemarkers in the future) > > > 2) Once the 15 placemarkers are imported, how do I sort the into > > > categories? > > > > I came across this page: > > > >http://www.geocodezip.com/MW_example_categories_headings.html > > > > And it rocks, I want something just like that. But I have no idea how > > > to get my placemarkers from GoogleMaps into the API, much less > > > categorize them and use the check boxes to show/hide them. I would > > > GREATLY appreciate any help! > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
