http://iomap.com Interactive maps of Australia - development site Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:38:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you're been redirected here from the cheers.au.com site, thanks for your interest! Cheers.au.com and iomap.com have been used for similar content for several years but I no longer have the time to maintain both sites. So instead I've added the most important parts of the old content here and ... http://iomap.com/removal-of-cheersaucom-site/ Originally published 15 September 2006, this is content imported from the cheers.au.com site, to be removed shortly. I haven't had much time to work on this site recently but the latest developments to Google Maps are just too good to ignore. Earlier this year they dramatically improved map and satellite image ... http://iomap.com/google-maps-api-2/ Originally published 04 March 2005, this is content imported from the cheers.au.com site, to be removed shortly. http://iomap.com/australia-map/ Two people independently have raised the issue of update speed for the Flash maps when accessed by dial-up connections (thanks for your feedback guys!). Basically the map stays in its blurry state for too long while the detailed images load. I've been considering the options for this and I think the ... http://iomap.com/speed-issues/ The new site finally goes online to showcase forthcoming developments to the interactive Australia maps. Some more work is needed before this kind of map can replace those on the Cheers maps and Lake Macquarie directory sites so this is a sneak preview. Please try it out and if you ... http://iomap.com/new-development-site/ Images ©1999-2005 Internet Lynx. All rights reserved. Interface by Zoomify This is an example of a new map interface using Flash. Notable changes include: Maps stored as image tiles at various scales - allows for much larger and more detailed images without overloading the server. Background colours and watermark on images. Asynchronous updates ... http://iomap.com/new-flash-interface/ Looking for the old ioMap site? Sorry, it's no longer available, but I'm building up something much better - interactive maps of Australia using Flash and (soon, I promise!) Ajax, plus the ability to customize background images, use special colours and symbols, edit the map contents, incorporate your own map ... http://iomap.com/iomap-site-changes/