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Google Maps, Paperback / softback Book

Google Maps Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Create custom applications with the Google Maps API Featuring step-by-step examples, this practical resource gets you started programming the Google Maps API with JavaScript in no time.

Learn how to embed maps on web pages, annotate the embedded maps with your data, generate KML files to store and reuse your map data, and enable client applications to request spatial data through web services.

Google Maps: Power Tools for Maximizing the API explains techniques for visualizing masses of data and animating multiple items on the map.

You’ll also find out how to embed Google maps in desktop applications to combine the richness of the Windows interface with the unique features of the API.

You can use the numerous samples included throughout this hands-on guide as your starting point for building customized applications.

Create map-enabled web pages with a custom lookLearn the JavaScript skills required to exploit the Google Maps APICreate highly interactive interfaces for mapping applicationsEmbed maps in desktop applications written in .NETAnnotate maps with labels, markers, and shapesUnderstand geodesic paths and shapes and perform geodesic calculationsStore geographical data in KML formatAdd GIS features to mapping applicationsStore large sets of geography data in databases and perform advanced spatial queriesUse web services to request spatial data from within your script on demandAutomate the generation of standalone web pages with annotated mapsUse the Geocoding and Directions APIsVisualize large data sets using symbols and heatmapsAnimate items on a mapBonus online content includes:A tutorial on The SQL Spatial applicationA bonus chapter on animating multiple airplanesThree appendices: debugging scripts in the browser; scalable vector graphics; and applying custom styles

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