Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax From Novice to Professional /

• Main Authors: Lewis, Andre (Author), Purvis, Michael (Author), Sambells, Jeffrey (Author), Turner, Cameron (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress, 2007.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

The Google Maps API remains one of the showcase examples of the Web 2.0 development paradigm. Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax: From Novice to Professional is the first book to comprehensively introduce the service from a developer perspective, showing you how you can integrate...

Table of Contents:

• Your First Google Maps
• Google Maps and Rails
• Getting Started
• Interacting with the User and the Server
• Geocoding Addresses
• Beyond the Basics
• Manipulating Third-Party Data
• Improving the User Interface
• Optimizing and Scaling for Large Data Sets
• What’s Next for the Google Maps API?
• Advanced Map Features and Methods
• Advanced Tips and Tricks
• Lines, Lengths, and Areas
• Advanced Geocoding Topics.