jQuery fun with Google Maps API
Ugh, I've been having some fun in the last few days (I hope you can sense the irony and sarcasm oozing through the web there?).
I had a project at work that required directions, a choice of three destinations, markers for the points on the map... etc. The code I had to work with was using the old v2 API, which has been deprecated, plus I was trying to use jQuery too, but I ran into issues.
I finally found the work by Shawn Mayzes, a nifty little jQuery plugin that provides Google Maps to jQuery noobs like myself!
Great! Apart from v2 is deprecated (although still useable). Hmm, what to do. I know! I'll write my first jQuery plugin. Yeah, I'll do that with an immense v3 API library, no real experience with jQuery, and a general intermediate JavaScript knowledge.
So, the new Google Maps API is immense, and really cool to have a play with too. There's some real nifty things that can be done with it (check out the Right Move website!)
It's been a couple of late nights, a beer break or two, lots of swearing at the trusty MacBook, but I think I've done well so far! jquery.googlemaps.v3api on GitHub
Take a look, and fork it if you think you can help, there's some work to be done yet!
