Saturday, August 4, 2007

New Farmers' Market Mapplet for Google Maps

I've just finished a mapplet to find all of the Los Angeles County Farmers' Markets (using the listings from farmernet.com. Here's how to use it:

1. Go to Google maps and click on "My Maps"
2. Select "Add Content"
3. To the right of the "Search Google Maps Content" button, click "Add by URL"
4. Type in http://www.preppylion.com/fm/fm.xml in the URL box

You will now have a "Los Angeles Farmers' Markets" entry under "Created by others". Clicking the check box will display the farmers' markets on your map. You can restrict the display to only markets on certain days of the week, and clicking on any of the icons brings up details about the market.

What I've learned from the map: South Los Angeles (not surprisingly) and the Valley (surprisingly) are seriously underserved by farmers markets. There's also a gaping hole through the western San Gabriel Valley south of Pasadena

If you try it, leave your comments here. It's in a solid beta state right now, but I'd like to get it rock-solid before submitting it to the google mapplet directory.

NP: NPR: 08-04-2007 Most E-Mailed Stories
WC: 50,426, ECD: 10 Nov 2007.