• Title Map Scripting 101: An Example-Driven Guide to Building Interactive Maps with Bing, Yahoo!, and Google Maps
• Author(s) Adam DuVander
• Publisher: No Starch Press; 1 edition (August 22, 2010)
• Paperback: 376 pages
• eBook: PDF (380 pages, 9.9 MB)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10/ASIN: 1593272715
• ISBN-13: 978-1593272715
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Book Description

Websites like MapQuest and Google Maps have transformed the way we think about maps. But these services do more than offer driving directions - they provide APIs that web developers can use to build highly customized map-based applications.

In Map Scripting 101, author Adam DuVander delivers 73 immediately useful scripts that will show you how to create interactive maps and mashups. You'll build tools like a local concert tracker, a real-time weather map, a Twitter friend-finder, an annotated map of Central Park, and much more. And because the book is based on the cross-platform Mapstraction JavaScript library, everything you create will be able to use nearly any mapping service, including OpenStreetMap, MapQuest, Google, Yahoo!, and Bing.

• Adam DuVander writes about geolocation, web development, and APIs for Programmable Web and WebMonkey, Wired.com's web developer resource. He has presented his work at SXSW and O'Reilly's Where 2.0 conference. He lives at 45° 33' 25" N, 122° 31' 55" W (otherwise known as Portland, Oregon).

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• JavaScript (jQuery, Node.js, CoffeeScript, etc.)
• Geographic Information System (GIS), Web Mapping, and GPS
• Ajax and Web 2.0
• Web Programming
• Web Design and Development

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