Ramblings

Here is a simple program to show how you can “host” google maps in a TWebBrowser and interact with it from a Delphi application.

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GoogleMapsTest Program Screenshot

I saw a recent newsgroup post at borland.public.delphi.language.delphi.general Google Maps geocoding service with TWebBrowser and I had seen some interesting posts by former CodeGear employee Steve Trefethen (Using Google Maps From a Windows Client Application). Having played a little with googlemaps hosted in a webpage, and also with a TWebBrowser in a Delphi application hooking into JavaScript events, I thought I would throw together a little test app to at least have one full working example for people to look at.
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