[[template id=plugin name=googlemaps author="Christian Mock"]]
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`googlemaps` is a plugin that allows using the [Google Maps API][2]
from ikiwiki.

[2]: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

The plugin supports importing GPS tracks from [gpx][1] files, reducing
the number of points in those tracks via [gpsbabel][2], and drawing
them as an overlay on the map. the center of the map and zoom level
can be calculated automatically.

[1]: http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp
[2]: http://www.gpsbabel.org/

It can be [found here][3].

[3]: http://www.tahina.priv.at/hacks/googlemaps.html

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Can this plugin be extended to allow the user to switch the displayed to
many available maps, similar to the functionality provided by
[OSMify](http://blog.johnmckerrell.com/2007/12/31/new-version-of-osmify-bookmarklet/)
which allow replacing maps with one of the [OpenStreetMap](http://openstreetmap.org/) renderings.
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