The other day someone asked a question on the FMP Experts list about plotting a driving route in Google Maps using FileMaker data.
Mark Rubenstein posted a simple solution, and my reactions were, in this order: “No way, it can’t possibly be this easy; I should build a demo (google-route-mapping) to find out; wow, it really works… hey, I wonder if he’d be okay with me posting this on FileMaker Hacks?”
So I asked him, and it turns out that a) he is, so b) I have. Here’s what Mark posted:
…and with a few minor code tweaks, that’s what you’ll find in the demo.