For friend of mine I created a events map based on the google maps API (original idea credit goes to Virender Ajmani), which takes a data file with set of events and shows the events details on map as slide show. For ex., here is event map created with my major lifetime events.

Here is the direct url for the html and js file.   I have completely separated the data elements from the scripting elements so you can use the event map out of box with your own data file without any modifications to html/js file (except changing the Google Map API Key). The event map accepts following parameters.

• datafile => the url to the data file containing all events
• ap => 1 or 0 indicating if events should start autoplay or not
• h => height of the map
• w => width of the map

Data file itself can be very easily constructed.  Here is the data file with couple of events.

<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?>
<events>
	<defaultthumbnail>http://www.brsanthu.com/map/santhosh.jpg</defaultthumbnail>
	<defaultzoom>7</defaultzoom>
	<event>
		<name>Born in Doddachellur, Karnataka</name>
		<place>Chitradurga, Karnataka, India</place>
		<desc><![CDATA[Bon on 14th Oct to Rudramuniyappa and Sowbhagyamma]]></desc>
	</event>
	<event>
		<name>High school in Malladihalli</name>
		<place>Holalkere, Karnataka, India</place>
		<desc><![CDATA[Joined for High school at Malladi halli swami ashram]]></desc>
	</event>
	<event>
		<name>Pre-University education at Chitradurga circa Jun, 1991</name>
		<place>Chitradurga, Karnataka, India</place>
		<desc><![CDATA[Joined for PUC Education at Govt Sc College in Chitradurga, Karnataka]]></desc>
	</event>
</events>

The events map API will automatically Geocode the address specified in the place tag and positions the marker.  Optionally you can also specify exact lat/lon if you know it instead of place tag as follows.

	<event>
		<name>Born in Doddachellur, Karnataka</name>
		<place>Chitradurga, Karnataka, India</place>
		<lat>14.230774</lat>
		<lon>76.400299</lon>
		<desc><![CDATA[Bon on 14th Oct to Rudramuniyappa and Sowbhagyamma]]></desc>
	</event>

Here is the zip file containing all the source.  Let me know if you need something.