New Map Feature to Showcase our Listings!

Posted Jul 12, 2007 @ 8:20 am, Viewed by 434 Visitors, Read 443 Times.
O.K. I'm pretty excited about this because I figured it out on my own (well, with the help of the internet anyway). Last week I figured out how to in bed Google maps into my website so that each city page has an interactive Google map specific to its own area. I thought that was cool, but, then I started poking around at some other websites that have map a map search and thought that it would be a neat idea to showcase only our listings on a map. Really, I was trying to come up with a way to add exposure to our listings. So with that in mind I decided that it would be a good idea to add our listings to the maps. You can take a look at an example of how they look here on our Alpharetta real estate page. So basically I just have one more thing to figure out and it may require the help of the coding experts here at Real Estate Webmasters and the website design team. I want to be able to to have the pictures pop up when you hover over with the mouse. I think that would be the last big improvement that will be needed. If anyone has any other suggestions as to how to improve the functionality of this map I would love to hear it.

Ryan is a REALTOR® serving the Atlanta Real Estate Market including Alpharetta, Buckhead, Chastain Park, Dunwoody, East Cobb, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Milton and John's Creek.

Phone: (404) 630-3187
Atlanta Real Estate
ryan (@) ryanwardrealestate.com

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9 Responses to “New Map Feature to Showcase our Listings!”

Last I checked Google maps was not to be used on commercial sites/for commercial purposes w/o paying them. Has this changed?

Posted 11 months ago

It sure has. You can read the terms of use here: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html

Posted 11 months ago

Ryan, the mouse over idea would be great. I was looking at some of the demos on Google's site and they have an animated driving directions feature that was pretty cool. I finally got the maps to work on my site yesterday. The javascript had to be re-written.

Posted 11 months ago

Oh, I love it! A new toy to play with!

Posted 11 months ago

Was it illegal to iframe in a google map page to your real estate site? What is the method that is allowed now by the new rules?

Posted 11 months ago

I figured out the mouse over! Pocono, It's not illegal, but, you need to obtain an API key from Google that is specific to your domain. Here is the URL: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

Posted 11 months ago

Couldn't you add Google Earth option to zoom in too with gps coordinates you take if 911 target does not trigger same landing spot?

Posted 11 months ago

I definitely like it!

Posted 11 months ago

I was looking at your site earlier - I think that maps really add to the site!!! Kudos on your efforts

Posted 11 months ago
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