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Google Maps JavaScript API Cookbook

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Google Maps JavaScript API Cookbook

Overview of this book

Day by day, the use of location data is becoming more and more popular, and Google is one of the main game changers in this area. The Google Maps JavaScript API is one of the most functional and robust mapping APIs used among Geo developers. With Google Maps, you can build location-based apps, maps for mobile apps, visualize geospatial data, and customize your own maps.Google Maps JavaScript API Cookbook is a practical, hands-on guide that provides you with a number of clear, step-by-step recipes that will help you to unleash the capabilities of the Google Maps JavaScript API in conjunction with open source or commercial GIS servers and services through a number of practical examples of real world scenarios. This book begins by covering the essentials of including simple maps for Web and mobile, adding vector and raster layers, styling your own base maps, creating your own controls and responding to events, and including your own events.You will learn how to integrate open source or commercial GIS servers and services including ArcGIS Server, GeoServer, CartoDB, Fusion Tables, and Google Maps Engine with the Google Maps JavaScript API. You will also extend the Google Maps JavaScript API to push its capabilities to the limit with additional libraries and services including geometry, AdSense, geocoding, directions, and StreetView.This book covers everything you need to know about creating a web map or GIS applications using the Google Maps JavaScript API on multiple platforms.

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Google Maps JavaScript API Cookbook
Dec, 2013 | 316 pages
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Google Maps JavaScript API Cookbook
Google Maps JavaScript API Cookbook
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Google Maps JavaScript API Basics
Google Maps JavaScript API Basics
Introduction
Creating a simple map in a custom DIV element
Creating a simple fullscreen map
Moving from the Web to mobile devices
Changing map properties programmatically
Changing base maps
2
Adding Raster Layers
Adding Raster Layers
Introduction
Styling of Google base maps
Using different tile sources as base maps
Adding tile overlays to maps
Adding image overlays to maps
Changing the transparency of overlays
Creating a heat map
Adding the traffic layer
Adding the transit layer
Adding the bicycling layer
Adding the weather and cloud layers
Adding the Panoramio layer
3
Adding Vector Layers
Adding Vector Layers
Introduction
Adding markers to maps
Adding popups to markers or maps
Adding lines to maps
Adding polygons to maps
Adding circles/rectangles to maps
Adding animated lines to maps
Adding KML/GeoRSS layers
Adding GeoJSON to the Google Maps JavaScript API
Adding WKT to the Google Maps JavaScript API
4
Working with Controls
Working with Controls
Introduction
Adding and removing controls
Changing the position of controls
Creating and adding a geolocation control
Creating a table of contents control for layers
Adding your own logo as a control
5
Understanding Google Maps JavaScript API Events
Understanding Google Maps JavaScript API Events
Introduction
Creating two synced maps side by side
Getting the coordinates of a mouse click
Creating a context menu on a map
Restricting the map extent
Creating a control that shows coordinates
Creating your own events
6
Google Maps JavaScript Libraries
Google Maps JavaScript Libraries
Introduction
Drawing shapes on the map
Calculating the length/area of polylines and polygons
Encoding coordinates
Searching for and showing nearby places
Finding places with the autocomplete option
Adding drag zoom to the map
Creating custom popups/infoboxes
7
Working with Services
Working with Services
Introduction
Finding coordinates for an address
Finding addresses on a map with a click
Getting elevations on a map with a click
Creating a distance matrix for the given locations
Getting directions for the given locations
Adding Street View to your maps
8
Mastering the Google Maps JavaScript API through Advanced Recipes
Mastering the Google Maps JavaScript API through Advanced Recipes
Introduction
Adding WMS layers to maps
Adding Fusion Tables layers to maps
Adding CartoDB layers to maps
Accessing ArcGIS Server with the Google Maps JavaScript API
Accessing GeoServer with the Google Maps JavaScript API
Index
Index

About the Authors

Alper Dincer is a civil engineer with an MS degree in Geographical Sciences. He has more than 10 years of experience in developing web and mobile GIS/LBS projects.

Since the beginning of his career, he was always passionate about maps and geo stuff. He started working as a research assistant at a university and then moved to a governmental agency to work with maps. He is also the co-founder of a tech company named Mekansal.

He also has some achievements relating to geo web projects. In 2009, he got the first place in the ESRI Developer Summit Mashup Challenge with his open source project ExtMap. ExtMap was based on the Google Maps JavaScript API v2. He is one of the Google Qualified Developers of the Google Maps JavaScript API program. In 2010, he also worked as a proctor in the same program as a volunteer.

As a developer and entrepreneur, he still likes coding with JavaScript, PHP, and Objective-C on different web and mobile projects. He completely agrees with Steve Jobs' quotes "Love what you do" and "Stay hungry, stay foolish".

First, I would like to dedicate this book to my wife, Begum—the light of my life—for understanding my passion for coding and the digital world. I would like to thank God for having her in my life. Words cannot express my gratitude and love to her.

Second, I wish to acknowledge my loving family, who are always there for me.

Balkan Uraz is a city planner with an MS degree in Geographical Sciences. He has over 15 years of experience in the field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Throughout his career, he has worked on several projects with one thing in common: GIS. In the early days of his career, he worked on projects involving municipal GIS and city information systems. He has also worked as a research assistant while he was conducting the tedious work on his thesis on routing systems.

He has worked on major LBS projects for mobile operators in Turkey that involve both software development and building the data inventory. He co-founded a tech company that specialized in navigation data collection and navigation products. He has also been a GIS consultant for major companies operating in the areas of field tracking and real estate.

In all his projects, he has worked around the same passion: building up the spatial infrastructure.

I would like to thank Esra for her love, support, and encouragement while writing this book. I would also like to thank my fellow colleagues for their enthusiasm and encouragement that lead to writing this book.

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