Creating Custom Maps with John Coryat
How do you do 'Custom Tiles' in Google Maps?
An excellent presentation explains it all.
Software/scripts required
Perl 5.8 with DBI, GD and CGI modules
USNaviguide_Google_Relpix Perl module
USNaviguide_Google_Tiles Perl module
PostgreSQL 8.2 with PostGIS Extension (Mapperz recommends PostgreSQL)
Apache 2.0 webserver
ProjectedImage.js (Javascript)
US Census Cartographic Boundary County Shapefiles
Geonames.org US.zip data file
[www.usnaviguide.com] (5.5mb file)
Examples and Presentation Materials
[www.usnaviguide.com] (111mb file)
Well done [maps.huge.info]
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