Map Scripting 101

Dedication; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; About This Book; How to Use This Book; About the Website; Chapter 1: MAPPING BASICS; 1.1 The Mapping APIs: Google, Yahoo!, and Mapstraction; 1.2 Describe a Point on the Earth; 1.3 Create Your First Map; 1.4 Find the Underlying Map Tiles; 1.5 Change the Map Size; 1.6 Add Zoom and Other Controls; 1.7 Set Zoom Level; 1.8 Set Map Type; 1.9 Recenter the Map; 1.10 Retrieve the Center of the Map; 1.11 Find Point Where User Clicked; Chapter 2: PLOTTING MARKERS AND MESSAGE BOXES; 2.1 #1: Add a Marker to Your Map; 2.2 #2: Remove or Hide a Marker; 2.3 #3: Show a Message Box When Your Marker Is Clicked; 2.4 #4: Show and Hide Message Boxes Without Clicking the Marker; 2.5 #5: Create a Custom Icon Marker; 2.6 #6: Create Numbered Markers; 2.7 #7: Loop Through All Markers; 2.8 #8: Determine the Correct Zoom Level to Use Based on Markers; 2.9 #9: Filter Out Certain Markers; 2.10 #10: Remove or Hide All Markers; 2.11 #11: Handle Clusters of Markers; Chapter 3: GEOCODING; 3.1 How Do Geocoders Work?; 3.2 JavaScript vs. HTTP Geocoding; 3.3 #12: Geocode with JavaScript; 3.4 #13: Geocode with an HTTP Web Service; 3.5 #14: Reverse Geocoding: Get an Address from a Point; 3.6 #15: Get Postal Code Coordinates; Chapter 4: LAYER IT ON; 4.1 #16: Draw Lines on a Map; 4.2 #17: Draw Shapes on a Map; 4.3 #18: Add Circles to Show Search Radius; 4.4 #19: Draw a Rectangle to Declare an Area; 4.5 #20: Draw Lines Along Clicks; 4.6 #21: Color States/Countries on a Map; 4.7 #22: Add Custom Controls; 4.8 #23: Create Your Own Zoom Interface; 4.9 #24: Plot Image Thumbnails on a Map; 4.10 #25: Overlay an Image on a Map; 4.11 #26: Use Custom Tiles; Chapter 5: HANDLE MAP EVENTS; 5.1 Mapstraction's Event Model; 5.2 #27: The User Clicks the Map; 5.3 #28: The User Drags the Map; 5.4 #29: The Zoom Level Changes; 5.5 #30: A Marker Is Added to or Removed from the Map; 5.6 #31: A Polyline Is Added to or Removed from the Map; 5.7 #32: The User Opens or Closes a Message Box; 5.8 #33: The User Clicks a Marker; 5.9 #34: Return to the Center When the Message Box Is Closed; 5.10 #35: The User Moves the Map Outside Preset Bounds; Chapter 6: EXPLORE PROXIMITY; 6.1 #36: Calculate Distance Between Two Points; 6.2 #37: Find True Distance with Routing; 6.3 #38: Create Driving Directions; 6.4 #39: Determine Closest Marker; 6.5 #40: Find a Point Along a Line; 6.6 #41: Plot Local Results on a Map; 6.7 #42: Retrieve Local Results with HTTP; 6.8 #43: Check Whether a Point Is Within a Bounding Box; 6.9 #44: Get a Random Point in a Bounding Box; 6.10 #45: Check Whether a Point Is Within a Shape; 6.11 #46: Get Nearest Locations from Your Own Database; Chapter 7: USER LOCATION; 7.1 #47: Ask Users Where They Are; 7.2 #48: Get Location Using JavaScript; 7.3 #49: Use Fire Eagle to Get Location; 7.4 #50: Get Location by IP; 7.5 #51: Roll Your Own IP Database; Chapter 8: DATA FORMATS; 8.1 #52: Use XML; 8.2 #53: Use JSON; 8.3 #54: Use GeoRSS; 8.4 #55: Use KML; 8.5 #56: Use GPX; 8.6 #57: Convert from XML to JSON; 8.7 #58: Filter, Merge, and Sort Data with Yahoo Pipes!; Chapter 9: GO SERVER-SIDE; 9.1 #59: Install PHP; 9.2 #60: A Quick PHP Introduction; 9.3 #61: Retrieve a Web Page; 9.4 #62: Install MySQL; 9.5 #63: Store Locations to a Database; 9.6 #64: Import Data from a Spreadsheet; 9.7 #65: Use MySQL from PHP; 9.8 #66: Plot Locations from a Database; 9.9 #67: Get Nearest Locations from a Database; 9.10 #68: Get Nearest Locations to a Postal Code; Chapter 10: MASHUP PROJECTS; 10.1 What Is a Mashup?; 10.2 #69: Create a Weather Map; 10.3 #70: Display Recent Earthquakes Worldwide; 10.4 #71: Search Music Events by Location; 10.5 #72: Plot Twitter Geo-Tweets; 10.6 #73: Find a Coffee Shop to Meet in the Middle; JAVASCRIPT QUICK START; Where JavaScript Goes; Variables; Conditionals; Loops; Functions; Using jQuery; MAPSTRACTION REFERENCE; Class mxn.Mapstraction; Class mxn.BoundingBox; Class mxn.LatLonPoint; Class mxn.Marker; Class mxn.Polyline; Namespace mxn.util; UPDATES;