Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth (ExtremeTech)

Appendix A — Resources 347

Information Sources

To get the most out of the Google Maps service, you will almost certainly need to make use of

additional Google Maps resources and web sites. This section lists some of the key compo-

nents, including sites that themselves provide more information on and links to the Google

Maps service.

Google Maps Mania

http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/

This blog documents Google Maps services, changes to the documentation and service offer-

ings, and general information on the web-mapping world. Overall, it provides one of the

best ranges of resources, as well as links both to vital resources and to example Google Maps

services.

Maplandia.com

The Maplandia site provides links to Google Maps pages that take you straight to a specific

country, town, city, or other location through a series of geographical locations. Once you’ve

found the location you want, you can further search for locations within the specific area.

Google Maps on Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_maps

The Google Maps entry on Wikipedia provides a range of additional links and information on

the Google Maps service and associated web sites.

Google Sightseeing

http://www.googlesightseeing.com/

This site shows images taken from Google Maps and Google Earth that show interesting

structures or images.

Geocoders

Google does not provide a geocoding mechanism (that is, a way of mapping a given address or

worldwide location into the latitude and longitude required to redirect Google Maps to a spe-

cific location). This section lists a number of solutions to this problem. You can use some of

them directly within a Google Maps browser application; others can be used from within a

server-side application to build a list of points for your main application.

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