Map Scripting 101: An Example-Driven Guide to Building Interactive Maps with Bing, Yahoo!, and Google Maps

Map Scripting 101 is a comprehensive guide to creating interactive maps and mashups using web development techniques.

With 73 immediately useful scripts, you'll learn how to build tools like a local concert tracker, real-time weather map, Twitter friend-finder, annotated map of Central Park, and more.

The book is based on the cross-platform Mapstraction JavaScript library, allowing you to use nearly any mapping service, including OpenStreetMap, MapQuest, Google, Yahoo!, and Bing.

You'll also discover how to create, embed, and manipulate basic maps, show, hide, and filter location markers and info-bubbles, customize your maps for visitors based on their location, use common data formats like GPS XML, Google Earth's KML, and GeoRSS, and more.

Whether you want to track earthquakes around the world or mark the best coffee shops in Dubuque, Map Scripting 101 is perfect for any web developer getting started with map scripting.

Order now and unlock the full potential of interactive maps!