Google Maps Mashup: News Explorer
July 15, 2007 at 1:21 am | In ajax, google maps | 9 CommentsThis is mi first Google Maps / Ajax based Mashup. It tries to “geolocate” RSS news and show them over Google Maps. Here a Screenshot:
“Live Action” here: Google Maps News Explorer
Known Issues: Sometimes you have to click “view” 2 or three times to view news over the map (It seems that there are some problems in the service that provides RSS to GeoRSS conversion)
Lessons Learned: Ajax programming can be really painful. Firebug rocks!!!
(Coming Soon: A little tutorial on “How to create your own Google Maps News Explorer”).
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Hi
I was looking for tutorials about yahoo maps and i found your blog where i saw you trying to make a mashup with yahoo maps, so tell me why did you change to google maps?
Comment by Elias — September 3, 2007 #
Hi.
Those are two different mashups…
A flex app using yahoo maps as an embedded movieclip: http://flex2colombia.wordpress.com/2007/02/19/multiple-yahoo-maps-in-a-flex-2-application/
and the news mashup using javascript and google maps:
http://flex2colombia.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/google-maps-mashup-news-explorer/
(sometimes is useful some javascript… but my favorite tool to develop UI is AS3 and Flex 2)
Comment by dersteppenwolf — September 4, 2007 #
hi
i’m begginer on AS3 and Flex 2 programming but i have experience with flash.
I’m trying for days to make a mashup with yahoo maps but i’ve found many doubts, that’s why i’ve asked why did you change.
If you could help i’ll be grateful.
my doubts:
1st- How can we control the custom POI when we add those by latlon, i mean, i’d like to make a button that when i click it opens a marker i tell it to open, so i need to reference that marker
2nd- Using flex 2 comunication kit yahoo provides how can we interact with custom swf?
3rd- i’d like to insert a slideshow inside a marker , do you know how to do it?
thanks
Comment by Elias — September 4, 2007 #
hi….
1. did you look at Yahoo! Maps Flex API ?
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/flash/flexGettingStarted.html
2. Inserting Yahoo! maps in a Flex 2 application
http://www.asfusion.com/blog/entry/inserting-yahoo-maps-in-a-flex-2-application
3. May that is not possible…I am not sure
you could take a look to this: Reference Manual for the Yahoo! Maps Flash APIs
http://developer.yahoo.com/maps/flash/V3.5/flashReference.html
Comment by dersteppenwolf — September 5, 2007 #
Hi,
am trying to put this google news widget into my Flex Application but unfortunately i couldn’t find the proper source-code.Can you tell where can i find the source-code for Flex.
Thanks in Advance.
Comment by sankar — October 23, 2008 #
for flex you can use this http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/flash/
Comment by dersteppenwolf — October 23, 2008 #
Hi Boss,
I have already seen this one but it is useful for me.I want news something like above google news application which can be used along with the mxml(Adobe Flex) and Action script(as).I couldn’t see the fully source-code anywhere?
Comment by sankar — October 23, 2008 #
At this moment (as a “demo app”) I am porting the old javascript version of the news viewer to a brand new version using flex 3 and flash player 10.
I haven’t finished yet, but in the next weeks I hope to publish that new app with accompanying source code.
Comment by dersteppenwolf — October 23, 2008 #
Hi,
once you have done, just inform me through mail or else i will check it out here itself.Don’t forget to share your code here.
I hope soon you will complete this application using flex(mxml and action script)
ok bye
Comment by sankar — October 24, 2008 #