Just a little demo to show you how to put a gradient using CSS over a Google Map. I've used HAML & SCSS to keep the code nice and clean! If you have any questions or problems, just ask in the comments below or follow me on Twitter.
It's nice to have an interactive map, but not so nice for the user experience when the map accidentally gets panned while touch scrolling, or unintentionally gets zoomed while mousewheel scrolling. This is one solution.
This interactive map is built without any scripting at all. It was built originally for MTi Group's new site. It has been adapted slightly for this demo. The SASS is a little messy as a result of the hasty port - it was once part of a much larger file.
Flip the photo to the see where it was taken.
I had this idea when thinking about how to meaningfully connect geo-information of a photograph with the actual image. As an experiment, I placed the map on the back of the image.