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Google Maps Rock, The Google Maps API Rocks More

We don’t need to hack Google Maps anymore. Now that Google has released a public maps API, we can make more reliable map-dependent apps (which will now have better browser compatibility, thank you). Within a few minutes of signing up for a maps API key I had put together the following of the Nevada Test Site Tour.

Yeah, click the satellite button, scroll, zoom… It’s real.

The API is all JavaScript, but I use a bit of PHP to iterate through an array of points and generate the code that puts the lines and pins on the map.

The most frustrating development with the Google Maps API is that each developer key is limited to a certain hostname and directory. It’s sensitive to things like “www.maisonbisson.com” instead of “maisonbisson.com” or “maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10594” instead of “maisonbisson.com/blog/” . That’s why this is loading in an iframe.

Thanks to The Unofficial Google Weblog for the tip that the API was released yesterday. As a minor coincidence, Yahoo! also released their maps API this week. Damn.

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Posted on Friday, July 1st, 2005 at 8:26 pm in Technology   |  RSS feed

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96 Responses to “Google Maps Rock, The Google Maps API Rocks More”

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    October 31, 2006 at 10:38 am

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    November 1, 2006 at 1:23 am

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    November 7, 2006 at 6:46 am

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    November 8, 2006 at 8:51 am

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    November 9, 2006 at 1:51 am

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  7. ashwaninanda
    November 11, 2006 at 3:27 am

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  8. rafiq
    November 11, 2006 at 5:03 am

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    November 14, 2006 at 1:04 pm

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    November 15, 2006 at 8:47 am

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    November 16, 2006 at 1:06 am

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    November 20, 2006 at 3:36 am

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    November 20, 2006 at 10:44 am

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    November 22, 2006 at 4:48 am

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  16. Mohit Maan
    December 1, 2006 at 5:03 am

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    December 1, 2006 at 4:45 pm

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    December 22, 2006 at 1:35 am

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    December 27, 2006 at 12:56 pm

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    January 4, 2007 at 4:04 pm

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    January 9, 2007 at 1:22 pm

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    February 16, 2007 at 6:29 am

    I want to become the people like Bill Gates so i want to see the home of him.

  31. pramod
    February 16, 2007 at 9:09 am

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  32. RAVINDER PAL
    February 17, 2007 at 8:40 am

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    February 18, 2007 at 6:34 am

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    March 1, 2007 at 3:35 am

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    March 29, 2007 at 5:48 am

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  39. Md.Al-amin(Babu)
    June 21, 2007 at 11:18 am

    I want to see Dhaka.Please,send me the way and the informations.

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    January 21, 2008 at 10:44 pm

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