This book focuses on one API that has had a particularly profound impact: the

Google Maps API. Since you have this book in hand, you’re probably already convinced

of Google Maps’ importance. In case you need a reminder, however, visit Google Maps

Mania (http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com) for a view into the sprawling culture of

innovation that Google Maps has fostered in the development community. The Google

Maps API has spawned a whole class of web-based applications that would have been

impossible to create without it.

You’re going to use the Google Maps