Google Maps

Google's Mapping User Experience; Where have you been?

Submitted by Bevan Rudge on July 13, 2008 - 11:01am.

I've been away from home for 16 days. CivicActions' Full-team and Engineering Offsite Advances in Playa Del Carmen, México, started last Tuesday 8 July and finished last Monday 14 July. I arrived in Cancún 6 days early and did some backpacking around the South-East of México, El Petén Northern Guatemala, and Northern Belize.

Tech Tuesday: Loading GMaps Asynchronously On The Witness Hub

Submitted by Bevan Rudge on May 6, 2008 - 10:00am.

Last week the Witness Hub was updated with new enhancements and features -- most obviously, the Hub Map is now also on the home page!

Here is a video demonstration:

This feature required asynchronous loading of the Hub Map, including it's full-screen switcher and chunk marker loader code and features, on-load of the 'Map' tab (a Hub-customized version of jQuery tabs).

Full Screen Switcher On Google Maps

Submitted by Bevan Rudge on January 24, 2008 - 9:33pm.

2 months ago we launched the Witness Video Hub. Last week the Hub Map's full-screen mode was finally released!

The Hub Map in full-screen mode

It features an original full-screen-mode switcher which puts the map in to, and out of, fullscreen mode without a full page reload.

Impossible Picture On Google Maps

Submitted by Bevan Rudge on January 18, 2008 - 6:42pm.

While psyching myself up for DrupalCon Boston 2008 I was browsing downtown Boston in google maps, I found this weird occurance of an accidental 'impossible picture':