jMapping Google Maps jQuery Plugin
Developed by Brian Landau, jMapping is jQuery plugin that you can use to quickly create web pages that implements a Google Maps by specifying list of the locations in your HTML. You have to make sure your HTML markep has a DIV element for the Google map, and there is a container element with some locations and their data. It is a cross browser plugin that works in all major browsers including IE6. The plugin is fairly easy to setup and you can add info bubbles and embed HTML inside of the info-bubbles in an easy clean manner. jMapping is easy to implement, feature rich plugin powered by jQuery Metadata, MarkerManager, and MapIconMaker plugins. It offers several configuration options, object and event APIs; enabling you to customize it according to your needs. jMapping jQuery Plugin is available for download under MIT License.
Key Features of jMapping:
- Attach metadata to Map elements
- Ability to use multiple css and ID selectors
- Loading data via AJAX
- Custom Map Types – Hybrid
- Update map on AJAX call
- Javascript paging for larger result sets