{"product_id":"google-maps-hacks-rich-gibson-9780596101619","title":"Google Maps Hacks: Foreword by Jens \u0026 Lars Rasmussen, Google Maps Tech Leads","description":"Want to find every pizza place within a 15-mile radius? Where the dog parks are in a new town? The most central meeting place for your class, club or group of friends? The cheapest gas stations on a day-to-day basis? The location of convicted sex offenders in an area to which you may be considering moving? The applications, serendipitous and serious, seem to be infinite, as developers find ever more creative ways to add to and customize the satellite images and underlying API of Google Maps. \u003cp\u003e Written by Schuyler Erle and Rich Gibson, authors of the popular \u003ci\u003eMapping Hacks\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoogle Maps Hacks\u003c\/i\u003e shares dozens of tricks for combining the capabilities of Google Maps with your own datasets. Such diverse information as apartment listings, crime reporting or flight routes can be integrated with Google's satellite imagery in creative ways, to yield new and useful applications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The authors begin with a complete introduction to the \"standard\" features of Google Maps. The adventure continues with 60 useful and interesting mapping projects that demonstrate ways developers have added their own features to the maps. After that's given you ideas of your own, you learn to apply the techniques and tools to add your own data to customize and manipulate Google Maps. Even Google seems to be tacitly blessing what might be seen as unauthorized use, but maybe they just know a good thing when they see one.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e With the tricks and techniques you'll learn from \u003ci\u003eGoogle Maps Hacks\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll be able to adapt Google's satellite map feature to create interactive maps for personal and commercial applications for businesses ranging from real estate to package delivery to home services, transportation and more. Includes a foreword by Google Maps tech leads, Jens and Lars Rasmussen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rich Gibson, Schuyler Erle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0596101619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780596101619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e O'Reilly Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.32w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2006 pg. 121","brand":"Rich Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119967236351,"sku":"9780596101619","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c474794a-b207-4af6-bbb9-b36d688a98f7.jpg?v=1687411862","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/google-maps-hacks-rich-gibson-9780596101619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}