Beginning Google Maps Applications

UPDATE: added encoding fix.
A few savvy readers have pointed out an issue with the final map in Chapter 3. The example in the book wasn’t complete and does require additional work to be a fully functional but…In the scripts that store the information to the server I was simply adding an entry to an XML […]

The API team has just announced the existence of a new API feature (since 2.69): The GPolygon.
Needless to say this is a feature we’ve been expecting for a while. A transparent, filled, polygon is something that many people have been trying to do for a while now, none of which were more than polyline or […]

Linux world has a roundup of the top 10 most useful, interesting and important Web 2.0 APIs that you can use for “real programming problems” in Web applications. At the top of their list is the Google Maps API, winning the #1 most important and influential API award.
I know many of you already agree with […]

ZDNet is reporting that Google has updated the terms of use for their API to explicitly mention the geocoding API. ZDNet is wrong in stating that this is a new restriction since it’s been in place since the very first day the geocoding API was released.
The “new” restriction centers around the 50,000 lookups per day […]

Where is the Google Maps API going in the new year? No one but the development team is certain, but I’m willing to take a gamble and look once more into my cloudy crystal ball.