Google Maps API Website Integration
If you would like to utilize the power of google maps on your internet or intranet website we can make your vision a reality. WebDevStudios uses the Google Maps API for any custom mapping integration. The API allows us to manipulate an embedded google map in your website and provides us with a number of utilities for adding any custom content to the map, allowing us to create robust mapping applications.
Some examples and uses for the Google map API:
Visually displaying any addresses or locations you use with in your existing application on a Google map. If you have a web application with a search form that yields addresses as search results, you could automatically plot those addresses on a map with custom markers representing different address types.
Tracking one or more GPS (Global Positioning System) devices to their corresponding latitude and longitude on a Google map. Using Ajax to update the map, markers will be plotted with their new coordinates every few seconds. Custom database development and programming allow clickable markers that can drill down into more specific information about the corresponding person or equipment associated with that particular GPS device.
Real Estate Companies can use Google maps API integration to plot all of their listings on a map. Below is a youtube video about trulia, a real estate search company that uses Google API intergration on 90% of their pages and has over 4.6 Million monthly unique visitors.
In Belmar New Jersey, a summer beach town on the Jersey shore, Google maps integration was used to show summer rental properties that are designated “animal houses” after rental tenants receive multiple quality-of-life violations.
BuddyPress Beta Released - WordPress Meets Social Networking
Last week BuddyPress announced the launch of their much anticipated beta release.
BuddyPress is a set of WordPress MU plugins that adds social networking functionality to any standard WordPress MU installation. Each BuddyPress component is independent, meaning you can choose which features you’d like and are not required to install all features on your site.
Andy Peatling, the developer behind BuddyPress, did an excellent interview on WordPress Weekly last Friday. In the interview Andy goes in to detail on BuddyPress features and functionality, the future of BuddyPress, developing BuddyPress specific components, and much more. As always Jeff did a great job with the interview.
We recently started development on our first production BuddyPress website. We are excited to work with the new BuddyPress plugins and can’t wait to launch this great new website. If you are interested in creating your own BuddyPress website please contact us today to learn how WebDevStudios.com can help!
