Mapping Basics
Maps are increasingly becoming a valuable aid in helping users to visualize their data.
Consider something as relatively simple as plotting out a map of your customers so you can better analyze where precious marketing dollars should be spent. Before you can even begin to do this, you need to determine which mapping API you’re going to integrate with (Google may be more popular choice), register for a developer ‘key’, then start writing the application code to get your data out of your customer tracking system.
This is all before you even begin to wade through fairly complex Javascript required to to get these data points plotted on a map. And if your data is not already geocoded … well, there goes your weekend.
Or - you could use Bluyah and go from data source to the map you see below in less than 5 minutes:
[Editor's Note: With the introduction of Enhanced Maps in version 0.4.4, basic maps are no longer supported. As such, the referenced map has been removed.]
Here we decided to plot the pizza parlors closest to our office (for those late-night coding sessions).
Hope this helps. As always, feel free to contact us with your questions and suggestions.
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