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crypto...@yandex.ru

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Apr 16, 2007, 12:02:24 PM4/16/07
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Hello !

I suggest the function for Google Maps:

Conversion of coordinates from proprietary flat-cartesian maps with
arbitrary datum, into Google maps.
Interface: copy URL from proprietary map, paste it into Google Maps
search form, hit "Go" button.
Implementation: database of proprietary maps sites world-wide,
recognition of URL beginning, coordinates conversion.

Example. i wrote one in JavaScript, just because i needed it hard.
Russian language (since the place i made it for, Moscow, is in
Russia), but JavaScript is pretty international

http://cryptomancer.narod.ru/coding/maptrans.htm

Proprietary maps site: http://maps.yandex.ru
Explanatory picture: http://cryptomancer.narod.ru/img/yandex-maps.gif

I'm looking forward for comments on my work, from Google staff
responsible for maps and from users too.

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