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Google Maps Mashups with Google Mapplets
Have a Google Maps mashup that you'd like to expose to millions of users on maps.google.com? New to the mapping craze, but have an idea for a killer map - based application? Want to learn how to create GeoRSS and KML feeds with your geotagged content, exposing your customer to new ways of exploring and navigating your content?
Google Maps
Mashups with Google Mapplets
* Is the first book to cover Google's new Mapplet technology
* Shows you how to create Google Maps - based applications and publish to maps.google.com
* Provides a single - source resource and practical guide to Mapplets and mashups
* Teaches you how to mash up Mapplets using location - specific data
* Includes examples of real - world applications
What you'll learn
Readers will be taken through the process of building a mashup of multiple data sources and APIs, using Tourfilter's concert and event data to map concerts and venue information happening nearby. Creating GeoRSS and KML files will also be covered, showing readers how to publish their content with geographic metadata and encouraging their users to interact with their data in new and interesting ways.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1,Introducing Google Mapplets
Chapter 2,Using Remote Data in Your Mapplets
Chapter 3,Geocoding Web Content
Chapter 4,Creating Geocoded Data Feeds
Chapter 5,Finalizing the Mashup
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