[OpenLayers-Users] Create map points from a published Google spreadsheet

[Jon Blower]

Hi,

I came across this method for populating a Google Map based on a
published Google spreadsheet.  I imagine this might not be too hard to
adapt as a new OpenLayers layer type if there's a need to do so?  The
idea is that you create a Google Spreadsheet with your data (latitude,
longitude, title, description) and use the Google Spreadsheet API to
read the data into your Javascript (I think you can get an XML or JSON
feed).  See the email below for links.

Cheers, Jon

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In case you guys missed the email or the blog post. It's now really
easy to build custom maps from information in a Google spreadsheet.
This could be helpful for creating demos or as an option for clients
who don't have the resources to build something themselves.

The instructions for the wizard are here:
 http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/spreadsheetsmapwizard/makecustommap.htm

The original blog post is here:
http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2007/03/creating-dynamic-client-side-maps.html

-- 
Geoff Pitchford
Customer Solutions Engineer
Google, Inc.
404.487.9270
 gpitchford at google.com


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