I’ve been meaning to post on the MyMapsPlus website for a while; they offer a simple tool for embedding a Google Maps MyMaps page on your own website, similar to this one I posted about a while back. Just as well I waited – they have a more advanced site out now called MapChannels that lets you do a lot more:
- Instead of just displaying a single MyMaps KML file, you can display multiple Google MyMaps KML files as channels that can be turned on and off, like layers.
- GeoRSS feeds can be incorporated as channels as well, along with search channels (like Wikipedia).
- Filter map markers by category
- Define custom marker icons for a specific category
- Scripts can be hosted remotely at the MapChannels site, or remotely at your site; remote hosting lets you create full-screen maps
- Include driving directions, traffic overlays and local search
All for free, but they offer a paid service for developing special customized maps or features (check the About section for more information). Not a lot of documentation now apart from some basic tutorials, but that will probably come with time.
Related posts:
- Embed Synchronized Google/Microsoft Virtual Earth Maps On Your Website/Blog
- New Features At MapChannels.Com
- Another Way To Create Embeddable Google Maps With KML Data
- Export Google Maps MyMaps Data As KML
- Draw/Label On Google Maps, And Generate GPX/KML/Embeddable Maps
- Visitor-Editable Google “Team Maps” At Map Channels
- MapChannels Updates To Version 3
- Another New MapChannels Feature: Geography Quiz Maps
- Multiple Embeddable Web Maps With Switch Maps
- Draw And Edit Google Maps My Maps Layers With DRAWaMAP
