Beginning Google Maps Mashups with Mapplets, KML, and GeoRSS
Beginning Google Maps Mashups with Mapplets, KML, and GeoRSS is a beginner’s guide to creating web mashups using Google mapping technology.
- Serves as a single–source primer to displaying data on Google Maps
- Covers both mapplets and the Google Maps API
- Provides everything you need to start participating in the Geographic Web
What you’ll learn
- “Mash up” GeoWeb services onto a Google map.
- Package your mashup as a mapplet and publish it to maps.google.com.
- Enhance your map with driving directions, local search, map advertising, and more.
- Discover common Google–mapping mistakes to avoid.
- Find out how and when to geocode existing data into mappable coordinates.
- Deliver your own data as GeoXML.
Categories: Google Maps, XML Tags: API, GeoCode, GeoCoding, GeoRSS, GeoWeb, GeoXML, KML, Mapplets, Maps, Mashups
Google Maps Query String Parameters
This post displays a list of query string parameters that can be passed to Google Maps. These arguments are helpful if you want to get Google Maps to display driving directions, which are not available under the API. Thanks to the "Google Maps Parameters Guide" from MapKi for this great resource.