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GOOGLE MAPS STANDALONE README
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-file last modified 04/21/05 by louis.kearns@gmail.com.

<< latest release: 0.0.5 >>

  1) Installation Instructions
  2) Additional Information
  3) Contact

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1) INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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- Download the package from:
  http://mygmaps.com/show/0.0.5/gmaps-standalone-0.0.5.tgz
  (note: Any new versions of the package will probably follow this naming
  scheme. Simply change all '0.0.5' references to '0.0.6', and away you go.)

- Create a directory, copy the tarball into it, then unzip/untar the
  package contents to this same directory.

- Login to your webserver through a shell.
  Find where python is installed by typing 'which python'.
  Most servers use something like /usr/bin/python.
  Open up 'getrawfile.cgi' locally in your favorite text editor.
  Change the top line to #!/usr/bin/python, or to wherever python is
  installed on your webserver.
  
- Upload the contents of the local directory to your webserver. 

- Change the permissions of getrawfile.cgi so as to be globally executable.
  This can be done using the 'chmod a+x getrawfile.cgi' command from the shell
  or by using your ftp client's permissions fetures.

- You should now be ready to start viewing xml files using the following
  address:
  http://yourserver.com/getrawfile.cgi?url=http://someserver.com/mapname.xml

- If you can output xml with getrawfile.cgi, you should also be able to 
  view the maps in your browser with the following address:
  http://yourserver.com/?url=http://someserver.com/mapname.xml
  
- You can also include a map in another html page using the following tag:
  
  <iframe src="http://yourserver.com/?url=http://someserver.com/mapname.xml"
    width="600" height="400" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" 
    marginheight="0" frameborder="0" />
  
  (of course you should change the size and settings to suit your setup).
  See the demo: http://stuff.rancidbacon.com/gmaps-standalone/demo3.html

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2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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- Creating XML Map data files is made easy at http://mygmaps.com/
  Simply Create an account, and begin building your own map files.
  
- Also check out http://stuff.rancidbacon.com/gmaps-standalone/ for updates
  on google maps standalone, as well as this site for google maps hacks and
  bookmarklets: http://libgmail.sourceforge.net/googlemaps.html.
  
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3) CONTACT INFORMATION
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- Direct all questions/comments/suggestions to: follower@myrealbox.com

- Or email louis.kearns@gmail.com for questions regarding this document.