Today I am really excited to finally unveil a new feature here on the site. I’ve mentioned in some previous posts that I have been fooling around with the Google Maps API in order to give you an easier way to navigate the content from all of my trips. I think I have finally gotten the finished product to a point that I am comfortable with showing the public. That finished product is, of course, the map you see below.

Each city I have visited is represented by a basketball, which you can click to open an info bubble for each trip. There you will find links to the previews and wrap-ups from each game, along with the photos and blogs from each city. As I continue to add more pictures and blog entries from past trips, I will update the links in the map.

There is a slight delay between clicking a link in an info bubble and the new page replacing the current one. I’m not sure if there’s any way around that, since I am forced to use IFRAMEs in order to work around the way WordPress sets up directories. If any of you out there are more technologically inclined than yours truly, feel free to leave ideas in the comments section or shoot me an email.

While this map will slide further down the main page as I write more entries, you can still easily find it every time you visit by clicking on the brand new “Map” link in the grey navigation bar up top.

Jayhawk preview coming at you either later this morning from Austin or late, late, late tonight from the outskirts of Kansas City.

Edit: Apparently there is only one basketball showing up for users who have Internet Explorer. I’m not sure what is causing this and I likely won’t fix it before I leave for Kansas. But hey, isn’t this a great opportunity to finally download Firefox like you’ve been meaning to?