Google Maps ― Power Tools for Maximizing the Api

Build advanced applications with basic programming skills following the model of dozens of sophisticated, creative Google Maps applications—from flight animation to map annotation.

Google Maps: Power Tools for Maximizing the API provides you with all the information you need to get started creating functional, map-driven Web pages. If you’re an advanced JavaScript and/or .NET developer, you’ll find numerous practical techniques to incorporate into your applications. This practical guide is loaded with full, ready-to-use application code. Beyond the basics of displaying maps and manipulating maps programmatically, the book covers advanced topics, such as the design of a GIS application, the generation of annotated maps, animation, and more.

Coverage includes:
Cartography 101: Fitting a Round Planet on a Flat Monitor; HTML Mapping: Embedding Maps in Web Pages; JavaScript for Google Maps; Advanced JavaScript: Events and Objects; Programming the Google Maps API; Windows Mapping: Markers and Icons; Feature Annotation: Drawing Shapes on Maps; Interactive Drawing; Geodesic Calculations: The Geometry Library; The KML Data Format: Persisting Spatial Data; GIS on Google Maps: Building a GIS Application; The Backend Database: Storing and Querying Spatial Data; Marker Clustering: Handling Many Markers on the Map; Sharing Maps: Map Generation and Annotation; Making Ajax Calls: Updating Maps in Real Time; More Google Services: Directions and Geocoding APIs; My Place on Earth: Location Aware Applications; Heatmaps: Visualizing Spatial Data; Mapping with Style: Customize Maps with Styles; JavaScript Animation: Animating Items on the Map; Advanced Animation: Animated Drawings; Script Debugging; Scalable Vector Graphics

Evangelos Petroutsos has authored over 10 computer books and numerous articles on programming topics. He has worked extensively with Google Maps since version 2 of the API. Petroutsos has designed a large site for hotel bookings that makes extensive use of Google Maps in the search process and more recently designed and implemented a GIS system to display the pipe network of a European gas utility company.