Greetings...
Ok, I figured this out, maybe not the best way, as I've added a line in <head> to Default.aspx (below) which I'll have to remember to add again when I upgrade. But now, the Google Maps API is avail to call from any page on the site.
<script src=http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key=MYKEY type="text/javascript"></script>
Now, I've added a Text/HTML mod to a page and added javascript to generate a simple test map. I know its able to connect/read via the Google API as I'm able to instanciate several Google objects and run the function GBrowserIsCompatible (which it passes and falls into the actual map generating calls). Here's where I'm hitting another problem...the 2nd function call in the below (setCenter), doesn't generate a map. In fact, in IE the browser session aborts; in FF the mod just remains blank.
mapObj = new GMap2(document.getElementById("mainMap"));
mapObj.setCenter(new GLatLng(27.946609, -82.458366), 13);
Below, find the entire code snippet in the mod:
<DIV id=mainMap style="WIDTH: 600px; HEIGHT: 400px">Google Map</DIV>
<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>
var mapObj;
var geocoder = new GClientGeocoder(); // Comes with client-side cache
var request = GXmlHttp.create();
if (GBrowserIsCompatible())
{
mapObj = new GMap2(document.getElementById("mainMap"));
mapObj.setCenter(new GLatLng(27.946609, -82.458366), 13);
}
else
{
// Determine what to do in this situation...
document.write('Browser not compatible with Google Maps...');
}
</SCRIPT>
Thanks in advance for any and all guidance.
Ed in Tampa