TY  - BOOK
AU  - Petroutsos,Evangelos
TI  - Google Maps: power tools for maximizing the API 
SN  - 9780071823029 (pbk.)
U1  - 910.285 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
KW  - Google Maps
KW  - fast
KW  - Geographic information systems
KW  - Application program interfaces (Computer software)
N1  - Includes index; Introduction to maps and the Google API -- Designing web pages with embedded maps -- Web page scripting : an introduction to JavaScript -- Advanced JavaScript topics -- Google maps API : the building blocks of mapping applications -- Windows mapping : embedding maps in desktop applications -- Markers : identifying locations on the map -- Feature annotation : drawing shapes on maps -- Interactive drawing : the basics of drawing on Google maps -- Geodesic calculations : the geometry library -- The KML data format : persisting spatial data -- Adding GIS features to mapping applications -- SQL spatial : backend databases for spatial data -- Marker clustering : handling many markers on the map -- Web services : updating maps on the fly -- Map annotation and map generation techniques -- More Google services : the geocoding and direction APIs -- Visualizing large datasets -- Animating items on the map -- Advanced JavaScript animation
ER  -