http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/09/universal-zoom-levels-for-google-maps-live-search-maps-and-yahoo-maps/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:20:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/09/universal-zoom-levels-for-google-maps-live-search-maps-and-yahoo-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-2776 ab Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:01:37 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/09/universal-zoom-levels-for-google-maps-live-search-maps-and-yahoo-maps/#comment-2776 Actually, for satellite images, Yahoo has added a few extra zoom levels, and inverted the order a few months back - see http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&lat=37.779171&lon=-122.419954&zoom=21&q1=san%2520francisco%252C%2520CA Actually, for satellite images, Yahoo has added a few extra zoom levels, and inverted the order a few months back – see http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=s&lat=37.779171&lon=-122.419954&zoom=21&q1=san%2520francisco%252C%2520CA

]]> http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/09/universal-zoom-levels-for-google-maps-live-search-maps-and-yahoo-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-2723 Online Maps Share Same Zoom Levels | Maps & Atlas Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:02:15 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/09/universal-zoom-levels-for-google-maps-live-search-maps-and-yahoo-maps/#comment-2723 [...] David Janes: “Did you know that Google Maps, Yahoo Maps and Virtual Earth all use the same map tile resolutions? That is, you can actually seamlessly switch between mapping systems and have everything line up exactly the same way.” Examples provided. Google has one wider zoom than the others; Yahoo lacks the two closest levels of Google and Virtual Earth. Via Global Nerdy. [...] [...] David Janes: “Did you know that Google Maps, Yahoo Maps and Virtual Earth all use the same map tile resolutions? That is, you can actually seamlessly switch between mapping systems and have everything line up exactly the same way.” Examples provided. Google has one wider zoom than the others; Yahoo lacks the two closest levels of Google and Virtual Earth. Via Global Nerdy. [...]

]]> http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/09/universal-zoom-levels-for-google-maps-live-search-maps-and-yahoo-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-2421 David Janes Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:24:30 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/2008/11/09/universal-zoom-levels-for-google-maps-live-search-maps-and-yahoo-maps/#comment-2421 <a href="http://code.davidjanes.com/inputex/demo/examples/map_field.html" rel="nofollow">Here's a practical example of why this is useful</a>, based on the <a href="http://javascript.neyric.com/inputex/" rel="nofollow">InputEx</a> Javascript forms library. Here’s a practical example of why this is useful, based on the InputEx Javascript forms library.

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