So you’ve created a pretty Google Map on your website. You place a whole heap of markers on your map, driven from data you’ve got stored in your database. A nice thing to do when we first show the map, would be to ensure that all the markers are visible on the map. To do [...]
I’m using MapKit to display a satellite map in one of my apps. I create custom annotations – and it all works great. However I wanted to be able to play sounds when a user touches one of my MKAnnotation’s on my MapKit MKMapView so that the sound matches the display of the callout (and [...]
The CFA Bushfire map that I developed last weekend to help people find where the CFA incidents were occuring during Victoria’s worst ever bushfires has been updated, and is now more iPhone friendly. Browse to here on your iPhone: http://blog.evandavey.com/firemap/ And you will now be able to more easily search and use the map on [...]
UPDATE: Google is now tracking this information in a gadget. You can view here: http://blog.evandavey.com/firemap/google.php You can view the map I built (with historical incidents and wind direction) here: http://blog.evandavey.com/firemap/ You can view metropolitan incidents at the MFB site here: http://www.mfb.vic.gov.au/Incidents/Major-Incidents-Map.html Original Post: I know a lot of people who could’t find an easy way [...]
We’ve just developed a Google Maps application – all using Firefox – and started to test it in IE. We were shocked to find that our map looks completely off centre and have a big grey backround across them. Moving the map with the mouse causes them to clip and look shocking! See below: So [...]
Google today released Google Sky, an inverted version of their Google Maps/Google Earth creations. Whilst this feature has been available for a number of months in Google Earth, it has now been released as a standalone website ala Google Maps.
I’ve been working on a water calculator for the past few weeks and it has just gone live! Check it out here: http://www.helpushelptheearth.com.au/ This is a partnership between Landcare Australia, Banrock Station Winery and WSP. The water calculator helps Australian’s determine their water usage, potential water savings and determine how much they water they could [...]