Google (or other) Map Pop-up

[sunnybrook]

I'm sorry if this has been covered but my searching hasn't found it.

I have some text that contains references to places for which I would like a map pop-up to appear (clickable or mouse-over, don't mind).

I can (and would prefer to) provide the latitude/longitude coordinates in DMS form.

I'd prefer Google but another map provider would do.

I have used inline Google maps before but can't seem to find any reference to pop-ups.

Thanks.

[sunnybrook]

I now understand that pop-ups are not generally acceptable and open a new tab and/or invocation of the browser which isn't really want I want anyway.

I don't know what the correct term is for such a window but what I want to happen is that a small e.g. 300x250 window displays dynamically over the top of the existing webpage showing a map associated with the reference (clickable or mouse-over) based on provided latitude/longitude DMS parameters.

I'd prefer Google but another map provider would do.

I have used inline Google maps before but can't seem to find any reference to this type of display (whatever the correct term for them is).

[wbport]

You might want to check these examples.html from Google Earth for ideas.

[DanInMA]

sounds like you just want someone to point you in a direction. you want a modalbox, lightbox or even perhaps somethign like the jquery qtip plugin ( http://craigsworks.com/projects/qtip/)

[sunnybrook]

Sorry wbport, I can't find anything in the API documentation and examples. Everything starts (or appears to start) with the premise that you have a map and want to do something with it. I have text (and location parameters) and want to display a map based on that (sounds like a pretty common thing to do but then what do I know.

DanInMA, spot on (I think)? Now I know it is a "modalbox" that I want (I think). When you know what to search for, it makes life a lot simpler.

e.g. http://demental.info/modalbox/example.htm

I probably should have known that already.

Thanks.