This book is OK but doesn't give up enough to build a complete solution. This book will help you build your maps basic user interface. The issue of managing data to place on the map is not addressed beyond hard-coding the data in the html. I would have preferred a more holistic approach.
Beginning Google Maps API 3
โ Scribed by Gabriel Svennerberg
- Publisher
- Apress
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 322
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
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
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introducing the Google Maps API....Pages 1-6
Transferring from Version 2 to 3....Pages 7-21
Creating Your First Map....Pages 23-43
Taking the Map Further with MapOptions....Pages 45-72
X Marks the Spot....Pages 73-100
Marker Icons....Pages 101-129
InfoWindow Tips and Tricks....Pages 131-155
Creating Polylines and Polygons....Pages 157-176
Dealing with Massive Numbers of Markers....Pages 177-210
Location, Location, Location....Pages 211-242
Back Matter....Pages 243-310
โฆ Subjects
Programming Techniques
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This book is OK but doesn't give up enough to build a complete solution. This book will help you build your maps basic user interface. The issue of managing data to place on the map is not addressed beyond hard-coding the data in the html. I would have preferred a more holistic approach.
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 v3 on web pages in both desktop and mobile browsers.It also describes how to deal with common problems that most map developers encounter at so
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 encount