quikmaps — upgrades and fixes
Hi everyone,
Just finished a set of bug-fixes and upgrades to quikmaps. Most of the changes are invisible, but a couple you’ll notice: a) zoom slider instead of zoom buttons in the map editor, and b) you can now place any html code (links, embedded videos, photos) into marker info windows and text labels.
I’ve sketched a map of the Mount Everest region that shows the trekking route to base camp, with an embedded video from Google videos, and a marker over the summit with a link to mounteverest.net. You can find it at http://quikmaps.com/show/1454
Enjoy!
Peter Franken said,
June 28, 2006 @ 1:19 pm
Like that embedded video feature!
Roger Pollack said,
June 28, 2006 @ 1:45 pm
Ken
Thanks for creating Quikmaps. You have an excellent set of features. I have been creating some maps using Windows Live Local, but so much more is possible on your site. I would like to create more maps but I am concerned that my work would be lost if the site went down. What would be nice would be the capability to export my data in some standard format so that I had a backup copy.
Regards
Roger
tim said,
June 28, 2006 @ 3:26 pm
hey ken,
just curious, what is quickmaps using in terms of languages, dbs, and webserver?
just wanted to know if you are using ruby on rails i guess.. hehe
TIm
vp said,
June 28, 2006 @ 3:32 pm
You have left and right directions arrows. But, up and down arrows for directions would be great as well
Chris said,
June 28, 2006 @ 4:09 pm
Being able to embed pictures, video would take it to the next level - love it so far!
Elizabeth said,
June 28, 2006 @ 6:07 pm
Wow. Embedding pictures, video, sound, links… this is wonderful - so promising. Thanks.
ken said,
June 28, 2006 @ 6:25 pm
Wow, lots of questions for me to answer.
First, Roger, I’m trying to keep the site up as much as possible. Most of the past server problems have been worked out by switching to dreamhost, so I’m expecting a more stable future…
Tim, the answer is ruby on rails, running on Apache with FastCGI and a MySQL database. There’s a small amount of php sprinkled throughout, and, of course, plenty of javascript. Your initial guess was essentially correct
Finally, vp, I take your suggesting of up/down arrows to heart. I’d like to get a collection of icon groups, but I’m still working on getting permission for those.
Thanks for the support and happy doodling!
Jay said,
June 29, 2006 @ 4:25 am
I don’t know much about coding. Could you explain how to embed a video and link into a marker info window?
Great site!
Dave said,
June 29, 2006 @ 6:04 am
Genius. That is all.
vado said,
June 30, 2006 @ 6:56 pm
What a fantastic tool!
Could it be possible to change the color of the draw lines and the scribbles? You know, to show for example a trip : day1 in blue, day 2 in green , ….
I also noticed that the markers can be positionned very precisely, but the text labels are a little floating, depending on the zoom level.
Thank you forthat great job.
ken said,
July 2, 2006 @ 11:24 pm
Jay, a link looks like this:
quikmaps is cool!
As for a video, just paste in the ‘embed’ or ‘your site’ code from utube or google videos.
Vado, coloured lines is near the top of my ‘to-do’ list. As for the text labels, I’m aware of this issue, and looking in to it.
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Chris said,
July 5, 2006 @ 10:20 am
This is a great tool that I discovered at work the other day.
However, I am a Mac user and I can’t seem to update or edit any of my maps using either Safari or an old verison of IE. Is this a known bug and is it something that is likely to be fixed.
Good work with it all, it is a very impressive and powerful mapping tool!
Chris said,
July 5, 2006 @ 10:34 am
Since my previous comment above, I have downloaded Firefox, which appears to work well with the site. The problems appear to be with Safari and IE only.
todd reynolds said,
July 8, 2006 @ 11:57 am
hi ken, thank you so much, this is a wonderful tool. i’m trying to create a map for some students coming to a summer camp, and want to paste the html into my wordpress blog. it ain’t workin’. here is the html.
my map is here. http://quikmaps.com/show/5801
i need a little help here, would love to be able to embed this. can you give me a hand? or can someone? thanks, todd
Ken Walker said,
July 24, 2006 @ 6:15 pm
Hey Ken,
Great work on this site — loving the Quikmaps. Any plans to take it to the new version of Google’s API? I’m addicted to double-click zooming:
http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2006/07/zoooooooom.html
K
Willem said,
July 31, 2006 @ 6:07 am
Ken,
Impressive work! I know, I have tried it myself with that API.I would like to sign in but that seems to be not working: after several tries I still get the’not succesfull’ message.Both in IEand FF. What’s up
I have to wait now to make my map…
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August 27, 2006 @ 6:33 am
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william said,
November 23, 2006 @ 9:27 am
Very, very cool!