I’ve been working away at the Google Map mashup tool that I developed for Puffbox and have added some functionality to it. Editors were already able to add / edit / delete points on a map with custom markers and custom information windows as well as run multiple maps. Now I have added polygon functionality. This means that an editor can draw custom polygonal shapes and place them on the map (useful for highlighting certain areas). A map can have multiple polygons in a range of colours, with or without solid borders. Editors can switch the polygons on and off for the end user, change colours and even add or delete vertices on the polygons (i.e. give the shape more corners or take them away). All this is done by simply clicking on the map to create corners or clicking a corner marker to delete it. It works on Firefox, IE and Safari and can get an interactive map with points and areas highlighted up and running in a matter of minutes.
