Mapping the Votes with Michael Geary

Michael Geary, the external developer responsible forbuilding the Google election maps, discussed the following: * Using the same code for a mapplet, a Google Gadget, and a Maps API map * Turning shapefiles into map tiles, polygons, and markers * Collecting voting results into JSON objects * Making markers load faster * Hosting on Google Code and Amazon S3 * Creating a custom Twitter map using Jabber to track keywordsRead his round-up blog post here: http://mg.to/2008/04/04/mappin...

Channel: People & Blogs
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: GoogleDevelopers

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Tags: api  geary  google  maps  michael  talk  tech  votes  

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