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Google Maps Hacks Tips and Tools for Geographic Searching and Remixing

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ISBN-10: 0596101619

ISBN-13: 9780596101619

Edition: 2005

Authors: Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson, Creators of Google Maps

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Want to find every pizza place within a 15-mile radius? Where the dog parks are in a new town? The most central meeting place for your class, club or group of friends? The cheapest gas stations on a day-to-day basis? The location of convicted sex offenders in an area to which you may be considering moving? The applications, serendipitous and serious, seem to be infinite, as developers find ever more creative ways to add to and customize the satellite images and underlying API of Google Maps. Written by Schuyler Erle and Rich Gibson, authors of the popular "Mapping Hacks, "Google Maps Hacks shares dozens of tricks for combining the capabilities of Google Maps with your own datasets. Such…    
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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 370
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Foreword
Credits
Preface
You Are Here: Introducing Google Maps
Get Around http://maps.google.com
Find Yourself (and Others) on Google Maps
Navigate the World in Your Web Browser
Get the Bird's-Eye View
Driven to a Better User Interface
Share Google Maps
Inside Google Maps URLs
Generate Links to Google Maps in a Spreadsheet
Use del.icio.us to Keep Up with Google Maps
Introducing the Google Maps API
Add a Google Map to Your Web Site
Where Did the User Click?
How Far Is That? Go Beyond Driving Directions
Create a Route with a Click (or Two)
Create Custom Map Markers
Map a Slideshow of Your Travels
How Big Is the World?
Mashing Up Google Maps
Map the News
Examine Patterns of Criminal Activity
Map Local Weather Conditions
Track Official Storm Reporting
Track the International Space Station
Witness the Effects of a Nuclear Explosion
Find a Place to Live
Search for Events by Location
Track Your UPS Packages
Follow Your Packets Across the Internet
Add Google Maps to Any Web Site
How Big Is That, Exactly?
On the Road with Google Maps
Find the Best Gasoline Prices
Stay Out of Traffic Jams
Navigate Public Transportation
Locate a Phone Number
Why Your Cell Phone Doesn't Work There
Publish Your Own Hiking Trail Maps
Load Driving Directions into Your GPS
Get Driving Directions for More Than Two Locations
View Your GPS Tracklogs in Google Maps
Map Your Wardriving Expeditions
Track Your Every Move with Google Earth
The Ghost in Google Ride Finder
How Google Maps Got Me Out of a Traffic Ticket
Google Maps in Words and Pictures
Get More out of What You Read
Don't Believe Everything You Read on a Map
You Got Your A9 Local in My Google Maps!
Share Pictures with Your Community
Browse Photography by Shooting Location
Geotag Your Own Photos on Flickr
Tell Your Community's Story
Generate Geocoded RSS from Any Google Map
Geoblog with Google Maps in Thingster
API Tips and Tricks
Make a Fullscreen Map the Right Way
Put a Map and HTML into Your Info Windows
Add Flash Applets to Your Google Maps
Add a Nicer Info Window to Your Map with TLabel
Put Photographs on Your Google Maps
Pin Your Own Maps to Google Maps with TPhoto
Do a Local Zoom with GxMagnifier
Find the Right Zoom Level
Show Lots of Stuff-Quickly
Make Things Happen When the Map Moves
Use the Right Developer's Key Automatically
Extreme Google Maps Hacks
Find the Latitude and Longitude of a Street Address
Read and Write Markers from a MySQL Database
Build Custom Icons on the Fly
Add More Imagery with a WMS Interface
Add Your Own Custom Map
Serve Custom Map Imagery
Automatically Cut and Name Custom Map Tiles
Cluster Markers at High Zoom Levels
Will the Kids Barf? (and Other Cool Ways to Use Google Maps)
Index