Joy Dutta’s blog

Ja was telling me for some time that I must make some kind of virtual “red-pin-on-map” to show my route. She showed me some reply from a forum she asked the question, and that led me to the google map API.

It didn’t take me more than hour to get a customized, embedded map up on the route page of my upcoming cross country epic ride. I could put markers on all the points of planned possible night halts that look like red pins. A click on them would reveal some information about the town name and what I plan do there.

Bravo Google, what a simple yet powerful API !!! way to go !!!

Check out my trip route page and Google Maps API

UPDATE: Many of my friends complained that the map is not showing properly in IE (damn you, Microsoft, you are nothing but a pain in everything !!!), so I disabled the map for a while. Will probably put it up again after my trip, with the actual route I will take.

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