We will be pushing post-Katrina imagery of the New Orleans area to the
Google Maps servers imminently. To provide users with both "before"
and "after" images, we are launching the imagery as a separate Map
Type that only appears when your map viewport is over New Orleans.
Basically, when you pan the map over New Orleans, a red "Katrina"
button will appear after the "Hybrid" button.
You can test the new JavaScript file, which will become the default
shortly, by pointing your scripts to
If you are using the default set of map types, your maps will
automatically start showing this button. If you are manually setting
map types, you can access the new map type with G_KATRINA_MAP.
We are happy to see the API used for so many great public service
hurricane relief sites, and we hope this imagery will be useful for
all of you.
Sorry for the last minute notice, but the urgency of the situation
demanded it. Please let us know if you see any problems.
This does not seem to work for me, correct me if I'm wrong, but all I need to do to make this work on an HTML page is to add <script src="http://www.google.com/mapfiles/maps.19k.js" type="text/javascript"></script> and then this will work? If so, it may be broken.
Bret Taylor wrote: > We will be pushing post-Katrina imagery of the New Orleans area to the > Google Maps servers imminently. To provide users with both "before" > and "after" images, we are launching the imagery as a separate Map > Type that only appears when your map viewport is over New Orleans. > Basically, when you pan the map over New Orleans, a red "Katrina" > button will appear after the "Hybrid" button.
> You can test the new JavaScript file, which will become the default > shortly, by pointing your scripts to
> If you are using the default set of map types, your maps will > automatically start showing this button. If you are manually setting > map types, you can access the new map type with G_KATRINA_MAP.
> We are happy to see the API used for so many great public service > hurricane relief sites, and we hope this imagery will be useful for > all of you.
> Sorry for the last minute notice, but the urgency of the situation > demanded it. Please let us know if you see any problems.
> Thanks, > Bret Taylor > Product Manager, Google Maps
just after your normal Maps API script line. The new script will
overwrite the symbols from the old script. I have not confirmed this.
We have tested it with our API test cases internally, so I am fairly
confident there will not be issues for sites that use the documented
parts of the API.
Bret
On 9/2/05, Teddy Wexler <evilrabidmon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This does not seem to work for me, correct me if I'm wrong, but all I
> need to do to make this work on an HTML page is to add <script
> src="http://www.google.com/mapfiles/maps.19k.js"
> type="text/javascript"></script> and then this will work? If so, it may
> be broken.
> Bret Taylor wrote:
> > We will be pushing post-Katrina imagery of the New Orleans area to the
> > Google Maps servers imminently. To provide users with both "before"
> > and "after" images, we are launching the imagery as a separate Map
> > Type that only appears when your map viewport is over New Orleans.
> > Basically, when you pan the map over New Orleans, a red "Katrina"
> > button will appear after the "Hybrid" button.
> > You can test the new JavaScript file, which will become the default
> > shortly, by pointing your scripts to
> > If you are using the default set of map types, your maps will
> > automatically start showing this button. If you are manually setting
> > map types, you can access the new map type with G_KATRINA_MAP.
> > We are happy to see the API used for so many great public service
> > hurricane relief sites, and we hope this imagery will be useful for
> > all of you.
> > Sorry for the last minute notice, but the urgency of the situation
> > demanded it. Please let us know if you see any problems.
> > Thanks,
> > Bret Taylor
> > Product Manager, Google Maps
This does not seem to work for me, http://67.188.89.121/katrina.html has that bit of html, and when centered on New Orleans, no button
appears. Also, when I use my own input button at the bottom of the map
to set the map type, it causes an error.
Hmm, you're right. This seems to be an artifact of the nature of the
change, which makes it difficult to test as an independent JS file. I
hadn't tried this internally -- sorry about the confusion.
It should be live shortly, and we have tested it on our API test cases
fairly extensively here, so I am fairly confident there will not be
major issues for sites using the documented API once it goes live.
This probably won't fix your problem, but setMapType should take in
the G_KATRINA_MODE constant (no quotes, it not a string).
Bret
On 9/2/05, Teddy Wexler <evilrabidmon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This does not seem to work for me, http://67.188.89.121/katrina.html > has that bit of html, and when centered on New Orleans, no button
> appears. Also, when I use my own input button at the bottom of the map
> to set the map type, it causes an error.
FYI, the photos were taken on Wednesday, August 31st at 10 am. If you
use the imagery in your site, it is worthwhile to mention this so
those interested in investigating their homes and streets will know
that the imagery is a couple days old.
Bret, is there a chance you could allow the Katrina maptype to zoom in
one more level? I think another step in would help people identify
buildings a little better, even if it was interpolated from the current
best resolution.
[mailto:Google-Maps-API@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bret Taylor
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 12:30 AM
To: Google-Maps-API@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Heads up: Katrina imagery launching on Maps (and the API)
imminently
It should be live everywhere. Please let us know if you have any
problems.
