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date: 2006-09-10
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# Using the Yahoo Maps API
The address points are stored on an XML file stored on my server. Using a few quick instructions from Yahoo's API kit, I can have those points displayed on the Yahoo Maps. This is what's known as the Yahoo Maps API kit.

Instructions for using the Yahoo Maps API are here: [http://tolstoy.com/blog/2005/07/how-to-use-the-yahoo-maps-api-000011.html](http://tolstoy.com/blog/2005/07/how-to-use-the-yahoo-maps-api-000011.html) 

Wouldn't it be cool if you could see an entire membership directory where all the members live? Maybe people might object to this -- I'm not sure. But it might increase collaboration and interactivity among members.