Re: Generating Maps On Your Web Site

um, but the thing is it's their intellectual property, and that would be stealing. mapquest has done three things: -partenered with some mapping database provider (the datasource) which probably stores its maps as postscript or soemthing. -built software which can rapidly query that source and rasterize to gif. -built an interface for talking to the query engine PHP is good for the last thing. _a -- Alex Black, Head Monkey enigma@turingstudio.com The Turing Studio, Inc. http://www.turingstudio.com vox+510.666.0074 fax+510.666.0093 Saul Zaentz Film Center 2600 Tenth St Suite 433 Berkeley, CA 94710-2522 > From: jbeebe@aimsmarketing.com ("JB") > Newsgroups: php.general > Date: 27 Dec 2000 09:23:05 -0800 > Subject: [PHP] Generating Maps On Your Web Site > > Hey everyone, > > Before attempting my own solution, I was going to inquire if any of you had > any slick ways of generating maps on a web site. I would like for users to > be able to enter their own address within a listing in a business directory > and be able to have a map generated for them, similar to Yahoo Map and Map > Quest. I know these map providers offer services at a fee, or services that > don't seamlessly integrate with the web page. I was wondering if any of you > have a way of generating maps from any of these providers on your own site. > Or, is there a service that allows you to seamlessly integrate their maps in > your own web pages, preferably not fee based. Thanks a million! > > Jason > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >