Doing the Monster Mashup

Posted by John Lockwood on May 24th, 2007

Here it is not even Haloween, and I’m started to get very interested in the latest monstrous Mashup possibilities offered by the Yahoo Map API.  Actually I was interested a few days ago when I first saw what the API could do. 

As you know by now, between a glimmer in the developer’s eye and a full blown application lies an opportunity to draw an outline of 95684.

How 95684 Got Its Groove On

So without further ado, here’s my first hobbling along example featuring the now famous 95864 profile with the Yahoo maps API.  It’s more a proof of concept than anything, but what’s cool is that you can just drop your addresses into your code and up pops your marker more or less where the house is.  I know, it’s only rock and roll but I like it.

Where the whole effort starts to get interesting is that I should have some really neat neighborhood maps within a couple of weeks or less.

Whatever Happened to My Transylvania Twist?

It’s now the mash