This was always lacking in Joomla, now you can dynamically display your authors. It's true, you have to look for the database prefix if you have a custom one, but that was fixed easily.
Remember also to move the css, as it's now in the body wich is non XHTML compliant.

Wishlist:
- ordering of the authors (if you want authors to be listed alphabetically, you have to enter them alphabetically into the composant. This is no problem, but if new authors come, then it becomes one)
- make the author images optional, had to hardcode this out of the Frontend for a scientific site, but I'm still compulsed to upload one in the Backend.
- a patch for SEO would be nice, the composant keeps on working but with standard Joomla urls (I use ARTIO Joomsef)

Nevertheless a great composant, THANK YOU!

I've tried several other Google Maps components, they were all very hard to get working and most of all far to complicated for the Joomla end-user, who's often a dummy.
Chris's one works perfectly right out of the box. Besides that he provides a mambot, which enables any end-user to work with it with ease. Okay, for the mambot (not the component) you must subscribe for 15 or 20 dollars, but that's peanuts compared to the quality.
Good stuff, Chris, I'm under the impression that I'm stealing from you.