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After much more to-ing and fro-ing with map tools, I’ve got an example of the results I want.

(Note: I have made further additions to this map since writing this post, so it is probably in its final form, though I would like to find out how to use the OpenStreetMap as shown below instead of the Google map.)

This is a mapping of photos taken as the bus crossed canals, brooks or rivers. The next version will show other features with different symbols: parklands, industrial greenspaces, wild/derelict spaces and so on. Essentially, the map will be accompanied by a very long list of photos and photo data. I’m not quite sure how I’m going to handle the instances of places that fit multiple categories, like canals with industrial and wild features. The nice thing would be a means of searching on a particular type of space, and having the map show only those sites and their accompanying photos. But I don’t see how I’m going to do that, and will settle for the kitchensink result.

This map is a plotting of Geosetter data onto a Google map via the GPS Visualizer scripts, but has also seen some work with GPSBabel, GPSies.com, Fotki and Photobucket. I had to convert the GeoSetter KMZ output to KML, then modify the XML data in a spreadsheet, upload it in its revised form, run it through Google maps and set it as an iframe on this post.

Addendum:
I’m hoping to find a way of adding the information to an OpenStreetMap (OSM) tile base, but as the map below shows, it seems that OSM is rendered as static png tiles that can be drawn over using Google drawing tools. To see the OSM background, select it from the dropdown list at upper right in the map.