Local Search Tutorial

Here's 3 two-minute screencasts that demonstrate building a local search mashup step by step in real-time. Best viewed in full-screen.

Performing a local search using the Yahoo local search api and displaying the results using a XUL tree widget. Using patcher to encapsulate patch code.

Adding a call to the Yahoo geocoding API and a Google map to display the location of the search.

Adding markers to the map for each item in the list.


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