Re: Maps on websites

Mike Brockhurst <the.walkingenglishman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> I'm in the process of making my own website based on walking/real ale in the
> peak district, you may remember me from my guestbook entry the other day. I
> was just wondering if you could help me with my maps? I havent decided yet
> wether I'm going to use an Ordinance survey style map of wether to just use
> an illustration. Either way have churned up problems. Obviously, Ordinance
> style maps are all copywrited and I cant just scan or cut content from a
> site, yet I'm not very good with paint programmes and my hand drwn
> illustrations are not scanning very well. As you can appreciate, I want all
> of the content on the site to look as professional as possible, so it is
> something I've decided to seek information on.
>

Can you use Google Maps or Google Earth ? I've seen various websites
that embed a google map (though I don't know how it's done). Tracklogs
in .gpx format can be plotted directly on the free version of Google
Earth.

-adrian

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