Revision 2.59 of the Google Maps API adds four new features, including speed improvements, custom cursors, and an accuracy attribute for the geocoder, the Google Maps API Official Blog reports.
Meanwhile, Andre Louis writes to tell us about his project, GZoom, a third-party add-on that “lets you zoom in on a region of a map by drawing a box around it.” It works, and adding it to your mashup does not look complicated.
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Microsoft’s live local already has this built in if you click and hold the middle mouse button/scroll wheel.
Al on July 21, 2006 at 9:19 AM
At the moment the current revision is 2.59.
Csaba on July 27, 2006 at 10:53 AM
Fixed; could have sworn it said 2.60 at the time I blogged it.