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By: Nestoria integrates Mapstraction « Renthusiast2.0

Nestoria integrates Mapstraction « Renthusiast2.0 — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:54:02 +0000

[...] At the time Ed said he felt like it was “good for business”.Now today, Nestoria announces that they have started integrating the Mapstraction API; and that in the near future, this will allow users to choose from the most up to date features of [...]

By: [Mapstraction] Changing setIcon for markers.

[Mapstraction] Changing setIcon for markers. — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:28:40 +0000

[...] [Mapstraction] Changing setIcon for markers. [Mapstraction] Changing setIcon for markers. Edmund von der Burg evdb at lokku.com Wed Oct 11 12:20:56 BST 2006 Previous message: [Mapstraction] map now resizes to CSS dimensions Next message: [Mapstraction] Changing setIcon for markers. Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] Hello, Currently I can only set the URL for the icon on a marker, but I need to do so much more. I need to be able to set the size and also the anchor position, as well as the shadow image. I also want to be able to change the image that is used whilst the marker is on the map – but this image will have the same size so that is not too tricky. What do you think of this approach: The current marker.setIcon( url ) is a bit restrictive – we could either change it so that we can pass in a hash or create another method: var marker = new Marker(); marker.setIconData({ url: ‘http://…’, height: 120, width: 120, shadow_url: ‘http://…’, shadow_height: 120, shadow_width: 200, anchor_x: 60, anchor_y: 110, bubble_x: 60, bubble_y: 0, transparent_url: ‘http://…’, image_map: [ 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, ... ] }); This is very Google specific. The transparent_url is so that IE knows where to change the cursor when hovering over an image, the image_map achieves the same for the other browsers. The origin for the coords is the top left of the image. Please let me know what you think will need to be added or changed to make this a proper abstraction so that it will work with Yahoo, MS etc. Do I really need all this? yes: http://www.nestoria.co.uk/soho/property/buy Cheers, Edmund. PS: blog post: http://blog.nestoria.co.uk/2006/10/11/maps-mash-ups-and-abstractions/ Previous message: [Mapstraction] map now resizes to CSS dimensions Next message: [Mapstraction] Changing setIcon for markers. Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] More information about the Mapstraction mailing list [...]

By: fofRedux - unread items

fofRedux - unread items — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:54:38 +0000

[...] Mapstraction, our abstract library for the G-Y-M mapping APIs, has been integrated into UK real estate site Nestoria. This is a big step forward, the first commercial use of the library. Of course it’s still completely free and open. Steve gives his take on OpenGeoData blog. [...]

By: Brain Off » Mapstraction in Nestoria

Brain Off » Mapstraction in Nestoria — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:11:07 +0000

By: OpenGeoData » Blog Archive » Mapstraction progress

OpenGeoData » Blog Archive » Mapstraction progress — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:57:20 +0000

[...] Mapstration has been making good progress with integration from geopress (awsome plugin for embedding maps in wordpress) to Nestoria (awsome map for finding somewhere to live) (Other sites can be found here). One of the more interesting things to note from mapstractions evolution is the clear but unnoticed disparity in APIs. Microsoft Virtual Earth has by far the best aerial imagery of the UK, they have complete high resolution coverage! See an example here. But the API is perhaps the worst thing on the planet. Little documentation and many ‘basic’ features missing. The good thing for you, of course, is that mapstraction abstracts this all away and you need not worry because we’re spending the time to make it work. A hidden feature of Yahoo Maps is their high res data (see here) for lots of cities. It’s not obvious as they don’t hide good imagery behind brown goo of death. [...]

By: Renthusiast: Nestoria integrates Mapstraction

Renthusiast: Nestoria integrates Mapstraction — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:34:14 +0000

[...] We recently spoke with Nestoria co-founder Ed Freyfogle, about the importance of map integration and real estate search. Location, location location was the obvious answer, but why such heavy Gmap integration? Ed appreciated the criticism and revealed Nestoria’s desire to “stay as flexible as possible” by supporting opensource mapping frameworks like Mapstraction. At the time Ed said he felt like it was “good for business”.Now today, Nestoria announces that they have started integrating the Mapstraction API; and that in the near future, this will allow users to choose from the most up to date features of all the mapping providers. Mapstraction provides a common API for Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft’s mapping APIs enabling switching from one to another as smoothly as possible.Mapstraction claims their aim is “mainly to protect companies building commercial products on top of Google Maps from changes to terms and conditions, the introduction of ads, or the emergence of a competing library with better maps, different imagery or preferable licensing terms.” Very interesting development for Nestoria; it will be interesting to see if any of the new players using Gmap follow their strategy [...]

By: geoblogger.eu

geoblogger.eu — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

When we started working on nestoria.co.uk we knew that having maps would be vital. Without them browsing for properties is a pain as you need to keep switching from the list of properties to a map to tr… more

By: Brain Off

Brain Off — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000