nearby.org.uk blog » non-js http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog GIS, maps, mapping, geo, UK, Geograph, PHP, Perl and more Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:59:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 (static) Google Maps in Google Earth… http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/02/21/static-google-maps-in-google-earth/ http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/02/21/static-google-maps-in-google-earth/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:57:38 +0000 Barry http://www.nearby.org.uk/blog/2008/02/21/static-google-maps-in-google-earth/ Now that Google have just announced a brand spanking new NON JS Maps API, to be able to display maps with a simple img tag, similar to the Chart API. Well I thought it would be fun to re-purpose the
FlashEarth code to create a network link to display Google Maps in a popup balloon on Google Earth. Not totally sure the utility, but sure is fun (until the novelty wears off!)

Open in Google Earth

Hopefully needless to say the map inside the balloon is static and non draggable.

Update to clarify: You get to draw 1,000 maps daily, which is probably plenty, but go over that and the maps will stop working for you.

Update: as alluded to in the official post, you can use the static API to load a quick map, while the rest of the page loads, then at the last minute change it into a dynamic map. A series of demos showing various ways of lazy loading!

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