Stories Past and Google maps

Google has made available Google maps to developers.

What this means is that you can include customized Google maps on your web site overlaid with your content. Stories Past is just finishing a project for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources showing the regional distribution of lithics (stone tools and fragments).
For the current version see: http://www.storiespast.com/client/LPC/LPC.html and follow the Lithics map link.

To help you with your project, Stories Past has created a FREE application using Adobe Flash. It gives you control over:

• Where the map is centered
• Placement of any number of markers on the map
• Ability to categorize markers and access by category
• Each marker's name, type, and link to another html page

Want to do more?
Add shapes, lines, custom icons, routes, images, databases, games and quizzes.
Show distributions, communities, spatial relationships, map overlays and more!.
Email us to discuss your ideas.

Example of free application:

To customize you would simply edit a text file similar to this:

<mappoints mapkey="you Google map key" mCenterLat="37.9335" mCenterLong="-79.4243" mZoom="6">
<mapitem type1="cat1" type2="cat3" link="mitem1.html" Latitude="36.7678" Longitude="-81.9535">Map Item 1</mapitem>
<mapitem type1="cat1" type2="cat4" link="mitem2.html" Latitude="38.3120" Longitude="-78.4525">Map Item 2</mapitem>
</mappoints>

To get your version with full instructions please email us at edu@storiespast.com

You will also need a Google map key which you can get at http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
The Google maps do not include advertising, but there are some very minimal limits on usage.
Please see http://code.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html for more information.

Thank you Google!!