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Just a short reminder, about what is supported as type of file for j2memap (both the library and the program):

- .loc

Used by geocaching application

- .gpx

Used by many gps related program. A subset of GPX1.1 is available, mainly include support for waypoint, trackpoint, track, ….

- .kml

Google Earth format (and used by many mapping application).

viewformat
viewrefreshmode
name
styleurl
style
iconstyle
color
coordinates

and a few others

- geoRSS

The following geoRSS tag are supported:
geo:lat
geo:long
georss:point
georss:line

(note that pubdate ,title and description are displayed)

- Others XML variant

As I’ve made a lot of interconnection with various XML providers, there are much more tags supported, a few of them:
address  : the address of the point
tel         : telphone number (usefull, as you have the ability to call this number directly)
photoUrl

So it’s already an impressive list, that can help you to create or use some cool mashup.

Also, as a new features, if the description contains an img reference, this description is displayed as an icon,like this:

And remember, as you have the ability to load KML created by Google MyMaps, you just can load them directly, like this one:

Another example, with different markers:

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A new version of the library has been deployed. As usual, go to http://j2memap.8motions.com and register to download it!

This correct some small bugs, and include the latest version of the Google Map API numbers….

As you have probably noticed, J2memap as a project is moving to a company. And the great news of the week is that the project of this company was one of the winner of the “OSEO“(in French, sorry!) contest, organised by the French research agency: it was one of the 158 selected file out of 1153 proposed, and one of the twenty selected in the emerging software category.

So last Wenesday was the official ceremony, at “La Sorbonne”, with the french minister of education and research, Valerie Pecresse.

This mean also some funding for the project, and a great recognition as an innovative product. So expect to see more in the future.

This does not mean that J2memap will stop, or will be a commercial product: it will remains a free product for non commercial use….