Beginning Google Maps mashups with mapplets, KML and GeoRSS : from novice to professional /
Sterling Udell.
- Berkeley, CA : New York, NY : Apress ; Distributed by Springer-Verlag New York, c2009.
- xxiv, 390 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- The expert's voice in web development .
- Expert's voice in Web development. .
Includes index. "Companion ebook available"--Spine. "Learn how to integrate Google's maps into your own web site, and (with mapplets) how to integrate your site into Google Maps"--Cover.
Part 1: The Geoweb and the Google Maps API. Introduction to the geoweb -- Getting started with the maps API -- Consuming GeoXML in the maps API -- Building out your map page -- Your map and the real world. Part 2: Mashing up Google Maps with mapplets. Introduction to mapplets -- Creating a mapplet -- Taking mapplets further. Part 3: Ready for the big leagues. Intermediate API topics -- Producing geodata -- Case study : satellite-friendly campground directory.
9781430216209 (pbk.)
2009277843
Geographic information systems. KML (Document markup language) Information visualization. Internet programming.