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[[Google]] maps are a wonderful interactive tool. | [[Google]] maps are a wonderful interactive tool. | ||
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Don't you feel like [[God]] doing the same with [http://www.google.com/sky/ the whole universe]? (I let it to your power of abstraction to imagine this can zoom arbitrarily to any given part of the "map"). | Don't you feel like [[God]] doing the same with [http://www.google.com/sky/ the whole universe]? (I let it to your power of abstraction to imagine this can zoom arbitrarily to any given part of the "map"). | ||
| − | = Embedding on web sites = | + | == Embedding on web sites == |
If you're interesting in embedding google maps on your own web pages (please do!), our own recommendations are as follow. | If you're interesting in embedding google maps on your own web pages (please do!), our own recommendations are as follow. | ||
| − | == [[MediaWiki]] == | + | === [[MediaWiki]] === |
There is a wonderful extension called (appropriately) [[Mediawiki's Google Maps|Google Maps]] by [http://www.evanmiller.org/ Evan Miller]. This is the best I have tried so far, and don't feel like trying something else (it does all that you want painlessly). | There is a wonderful extension called (appropriately) [[Mediawiki's Google Maps|Google Maps]] by [http://www.evanmiller.org/ Evan Miller]. This is the best I have tried so far, and don't feel like trying something else (it does all that you want painlessly). | ||
| − | == [[WordPress]] == | + | === [[WordPress]] === |
There are a lot of widgets but you may have to try many of them to find the one that fits your needs/habits. | There are a lot of widgets but you may have to try many of them to find the one that fits your needs/habits. | ||
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* [http://clarknikdelpowell.com/wordpress/simple-google-map/ Simple Google Map] mistakes ''simple'' with ''simplified''. Its main restriction is that it allows only one marker. | * [http://clarknikdelpowell.com/wordpress/simple-google-map/ Simple Google Map] mistakes ''simple'' with ''simplified''. Its main restriction is that it allows only one marker. | ||
| − | = Applications = | + | == Applications == |
* For the 10 000 IP hit on our web, we displayed a map with locations of visitors. You can read [[Geolocation of IP|how we did it]]. | * For the 10 000 IP hit on our web, we displayed a map with locations of visitors. You can read [[Geolocation of IP|how we did it]]. | ||
* We have the project to make a map of our trips with a selection of our best photos. | * We have the project to make a map of our trips with a selection of our best photos. | ||
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Google maps are a wonderful interactive tool.
Here is the world...
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="19.973349" lon="7.03125" type="satellite" zoom="2" width="720" height="500" scale="yes" controls="large"> </googlemap>
Don't you feel like God doing the same with the whole universe? (I let it to your power of abstraction to imagine this can zoom arbitrarily to any given part of the "map").
If you're interesting in embedding google maps on your own web pages (please do!), our own recommendations are as follow.
There is a wonderful extension called (appropriately) Google Maps by Evan Miller. This is the best I have tried so far, and don't feel like trying something else (it does all that you want painlessly).
There are a lot of widgets but you may have to try many of them to find the one that fits your needs/habits.