This sample goes with an article in the January/February 2006 issue of Uplink about "Creating data points with Google maps" by Maurice Tamman. To subscribe to Uplink or get past issues, please visit www.ire.org/store/periodicals.html#uplink.
Here is a sample of what the data looks like coming into the client browser:
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