Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth (ExtremeTech)

346 Part IV — Google Earth Hacks

The Google Moon site is unique in that it shows only the area (and the associated markers)

used for the moon landings. The site was released on July 20, 2005, to mark the 36th anniver-

sary of the Apollo 11moon landing.

Google Maps API

http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

You can find more information, read the documentation, and view help pages on the main

Google Maps API site.

Google Maps API Documentation

http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/

This is the main documentation page for the entire Google Maps service. The information

provided on this page is the current version of the Google Maps API documentation. You

should visit the site regularly to ensure that there have not been any important changes to the

documentation and API.

Google Maps API Help

http://www.google.com/apis/maps/faq.html

Here you can find the FAQ for working and using the Google Maps API.

Google Web API

http://www.google.com/apis/

The Google Web APIs provide an interface to the Google system for searching the Google

databases for information.

Google Maps Groups

There are two groups for Google Maps:

The Google Maps group (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Google-

Maps) provides basic information and discussion on the Google Maps service.


 The Google Maps API group (http://groups-beta.google.com/group/

Google-Maps-API) provides discussion of the Google Maps API and information on

how to construct web sites based on the Google Maps system.

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