1 [[template id=plugin name=googlemaps author="Christian Mock"]]
2 [[tag type/special-purpose todo/geotagging]]
4 `googlemaps` is a plugin that allows using the [Google Maps API][2]
7 [2]: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/
9 The plugin supports importing GPS tracks from [gpx][1] files, reducing
10 the number of points in those tracks via [gpsbabel][2], and drawing
11 them as an overlay on the map. the center of the map and zoom level
12 can be calculated automatically.
14 [1]: http://www.topografix.com/gpx.asp
15 [2]: http://www.gpsbabel.org/
17 It can be [found here][3].
19 [3]: http://www.tahina.priv.at/hacks/googlemaps.html
23 Can this plugin be extended to allow the user to switch the displayed to
24 many available maps, similar to the functionality provided by
25 [OSMify](http://blog.johnmckerrell.com/2007/12/31/new-version-of-osmify-bookmarklet/)
26 which allow replacing maps with one of the [OpenStreetMap](http://openstreetmap.org/) renderings.