Now that GPS apps like Tom-Tom are showing up on the Apple iPhone 3GS, I'm wondering if I really need to buy those expensive apps when Google Maps that's included with the iPhone does such a great job? I know I can get directions, but can I get turn-by-turn directions like I would in a handheld GPS?...

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Okay, so I have been reading some of your other blog entries here and you've written both about how to convert street addresses into map data coordinates (see convert street map addresses into latitude and longitude) and how to import Keystone map data (KML) files into Google Maps (see Import KML data files into Google Maps). My question lies in the middle: how do I take lat/long data and create a KML data file?...

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We hired a company to produce a Google Maps data file so we could produce a custom map of all our business office locations across the United States and they supplied us with a XML data file. I have no idea what to do next. Help!...

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I don't know if this is possible, but I'm trying to set up a rendezvous while I'm on a business trip in Denver, Colorado, and want it to be pretty near a hotel I'll be staying at, but not in the hotel itself. How can I do that?...

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Hi Dave. I'm hugely enamored of the Google Maps feature on my Apple iPhone, but there's one thing that baffles me: how do I reset the "current location" as a starting or ending point when I'm using the phone for directions?...

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My boss has me working on our company Web site and she wants me to add a box on our "contact us" page that lets people type in their address and at the click of a button bring up a window with driving directions from their location to our office. Is that even possible?...

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I've seen some professional service provider sites that include a nice little map within their About page, a map that actually hooks up to Mapquest or similar. I much prefer Google Maps, but am stuck: is there some way to actually embed a Google Map on my Web page or, for that matter, my MySpace profile?...

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The events page on myspace.com has a link "view map", and that link opens a new window with the map of the location of a given event. I want to do the same for a site that I am working on, for a friend. His site is also about social events and he wants me to add a link that will automatically provide the user with a map of that event's location. Please tell me...

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