Beginning Google Maps API 3

Gabriel Svennerberg is a usability-oriented web developer from Sweden. He's been working in the web industry for over a decade and is known in the web developer community for evangelizing usability and web standards. He's also known for spreading knowledge about the Google Maps API through his website, In Usability We Trust, which also features articles about usability and other things related to web development. It s found at www.svennerberg.com. At his current job at Saab Security and Defence Solutions (www.saabgroup.com), Gabriel is busy designing and building web applications for situation awareness and crisis management. These applications always incorporate maps in some way and the Google Maps API is one of the map solutions being used. Gabriel lives in V xj , Sweden with his fianc e, Petronella, and their son, Ludvig.

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.