Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth (ExtremeTech)

Acknowledgments I ’d like to thank Chris Webb for giving me the opportunity to write this book, and Suzy Thompson and Kelly Talb ...

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Introduction D o you know where you are? Do you know where you are going? Could you find the nearest restaurant to your current ...

Part II shows you what the Google Maps system is capable of doing. In this section you’ll find information on some excellent sam ...

What You Need to Use This Book For the Google Maps examples in this book, you need access to a publicly available web site where ...

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Basics Chapter 1 Using Geographical Information Chapter 2 The Google Local Interface Chapter 3 The Google Maps API Chapter 4 The ...

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Using Geographical Information A re you going somewhere in the next few days? Have you thought about how you are going to get th ...

4 Part I — Basics
Locations of restrooms, police stations, information booths, and other useful places.
Locations and names of ...

Chapter 1: Using Geographical Information With an Address Suppose you are interested in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwic ...

6 Part I — Basics Moving to Another Location Once you know current location and the location of your destination, you need to wo ...

Chapter 1 — Using Geographical Information 7 Table 1-1: Restaurants in Grantham Restaurant Location Manthorpe Road Fish & Ch ...

8 Part I — Basics FIGURE1-1: The Brooklyn Bridge from its base. ...

Chapter 1 — Using Geographical Information 9 FIGURE1-2: The Brooklyn Bridge from the Staten Island Ferry. The same can be said o ...

10 Part I — Basics FIGURE1-3: New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina. Equally instructive were the maps showing the pred ...

Chapter 1 — Using Geographical Information 11 In the past, determining how far we’d walked would have been difficult without usi ...

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The Google Local Interface B efore looking at specific examples of how to customize the Google Maps system, it’s a good idea to ...

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