Google Map Hacking

Well, this isn't much of a brag, but I have had the opportunity to play with the new Google Maps API. We've had some nifty map ideas for church and I've started putting together a map for us.

Right now, all it shows is three markers: one for where we meet (Flint Hills Christian School), one for our church office on Poyntz, and one for our undeveloped land on Scenic Avenue. Not very exciting. However, I plan to eventually add a way of marking addresses on the map so that when there's an event or announcement with an address, that can be made into a link that's then geocoded on the map. There will also be a special map to show where various small groups meet with popup links taking you to each group's summary page, pictures, etc.

As I said, not much of a brag, but it's surprisingly easy to play with (only 5 lines of JS code and 2 lines of HTML and you're off running) and pretty fun for being JavaScript.