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New release of Google Maps Shadowmaker

I release the first version of Shadowmaker quite some time ago. It is an image manipulation program that will automatically create a "shadow" image for an icon, according to the rules specified by Google maps. It gives a 3D-like appearance to markers that you place on a map.
It is useful for anyone who creates applications or mashups with Google maps and doesn't want to go through several steps in your favorite image editing program (such as Photoshop, Gimp or the like)

This new release does not add new functionality, but it does add support for Google Maps version 3. The application itself is now built using version 3, and the code snippets generated by the application also generate version 3 code.

Please check it out at http://www.cycloloco.com/shadowmaker/

Posted at 07:56AM Aug 27, 2010 by Erwin Bolwidt in General  |  Comments[0]

Technical Hickups

This blog has had some technical problems. Due to some extremely good weather in the Netherlands, combined with the Tour de France (I'm a big cycling fan, especially when I am riding myself) and the World Championship of Football (hard to miss, and great atmosphere, even though I'm normally not much of a football fan myself) I haven't gotten around to fully repairing it yet.

Did you know that Holland stands a good chance of ending up in the finals, and a decent chance of winning the championship?

Compounding the problem is the fact that my backups aren't in a format that I could directly use again. I still have the articles, but not the blog layout and the attachments, so I need some more time to recover this. Yes, backups are good, checking that you can actually restore them is better. No bad thing is without a good lesson.

Posted at 06:34PM Jul 06, 2010 by Erwin Bolwidt in General  |  Comments[0]