Google Maps and Google Earth

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 2 September, 2008. Filed under China, India, Japan, Personal, Technology. Tagged , , , . Bookmark the Permalink. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

In my (precious little) spare time I have been experimenting with Google Maps and Google Earth.

Things have gone well, except for working out how to embed the maps into my blog posts.

Now, if you happen to be using Firefox (I’m not sure about Internet Explorer), below is a map I made using Google Earth of the trips I have taken this year.

Unfortunately, for some reason it doesn’t display in the shipping version of Safari 3, though does in the Safari 4 preview.

Note: You can drag the map around inside its frame and use the zoom tool to see city names.

An idea I had was to make a similar map to show where my students come from (since we have a very international cohort).

If you have Google Earth installed, then clicking on this link will show the same data but wrapped around the planet.

Special thanks to Ben for his tips and examples on his own site (growlingfish.com).

One Comment

  1. Ben Bedwell
    Posted 3 September, 2008 at 5:53 am | Permalink

    I was wondering whether there was possibly a security setting in Safari that might be blocking the iframe (considering that you could use them to do naughty things). Maybe worth a look around if you haven’t already.

    It’s a pity that the map width isn’t dynamic – viewing the site on my Eee here in the airport I miss out on Japan (unless I drag the map around); one more little job for you ;)