Acknowledgments
I
’d like to thank Chris Webb for giving me the opportunity to write this book, and Suzy
Thompson and Kelly Talbot, who kept me on the straight and narrow while writing the
chapters. The unseen members of Wiley’s development team for the book also had a serious
role to play in the process. I shouldn’t forget the vital roles played by my agent, Lynn Haller,
and the rest of the team at StudioB.Helping me ensure the correct content and testing some of the applications were Chris
Herborth and the technical editor, Ben Hammersley. It should go without saying that the users
and developers of Google Maps applications and the rest of the Google Maps community have
served as an inspiration for some of the examples in this book.Most importantly, I must thank my wife who survives not only my good days, but also my bad.03_790095 flast.qxp 6/12/06 1:28 PM Page xix