Beginning Google Maps API 3

By: Gabriel Svennerberg

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Paperback | 24 January 2011 | Edition Number 2

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328 Pages

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Revised

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22.86 x 19.05 x 2.54

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This book is about the next generation of the Google Maps API. It will provide the reader with the skills and knowledge necessary to incorporate Google Maps version 3 on web pages in both desktop and mobile browsers. It also describes how to deal with common problems that most map developers encounter at some point, like performance and usability issues with having too many markers and possible solutions to that. * Introduction to the Google Maps API version 3 * Solutions to common problems most developers encounters (too many markers, common JavaScript pitfalls) * Best practices using HTML/CSS/JavaScript and Google Maps What you'll learn * Building reliable Google Maps web applications * How to transfer from version 2 to version 3 of the API * Best practices using HTML/CSS/JavaScript * Dealing with large amounts of map markers * How to look up addresses and coordinates using GeoCoding and reversed GeoCoding Who this book is for Web designers/web developers with a basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript, as well as people with knowledge of the old Google Maps API that needs help to easily transfer to the new API. And, this book is for anyone interested in learning how to integrate Google Maps on their web page. Table of Contents * Introducing the Google Maps API * Transferring from Version 2 to 3 * Creating Your First Map * Taking the Map Further with MapOptions * X Marks the Spot * Marker Icons * InfoWindow Tips and Tricks * Creating Polylines and Polygons * Dealing with Massive Numbers of Markers * Location, Location, Location

Industry Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

"The author begins with a brief history of the Google Maps API ... . this practice quite helpful as I didn't have to flip back and forth as I have in other technical books to figure out the totality of what was going on. ... All in all, I'd highly recommend Beginning Google Maps API 3 to those looking to develop Google Maps applications with the new API. It's clearly written with lots of examples and pictures of exactly what the code's output looks like." (North Carolina Digital Collections Collaboratory, September, 2010)

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