This document discusses the Google Maps API and provides examples of cases and mashups that utilize the API. It also outlines the steps to implement Google Maps on a website, including signing up for an API key, including the Javascript library, and examples of sample code to display maps. Finally, it mentions building a Gaza-specific mapping application using Google Maps.

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Google Maps API
Waseem Senjer

3. What is Google Maps

4. • http://maps.google.com

5. What is Google Maps API

6. • http://code.google.com/apis/maps/index.html

7. Cases and Mashups

8. Cases and Mashups
• Qibla Locator
• http://www.qiblalocator.com

9. Cases and Mashups
• If the earth were a sandwich
• http://www.zefrank.com/sandwich/tool.html

10. Cases and Mashups
• Baghdad Deaths
• http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~mb553/warperspective/index.php?loc=Baghdad

11. Cases and Mashups
• AqarMap ( ‫عقار‬‫ماب‬ )
• http://www.aqarmap.com/

12. Cases and Mashups
• Qayem (‫)قيم‬
• http://www.qaym.com

13. Implementation

14. http://code.google.com/apis/maps/signup.html
• Signup for API Key

15. • Signup for API Key

16. • Signup for API Key

17. • Why Javascript.
• The Main Library Supported By Google
•Backend Independent
It Will work on all web programming
languages : PHP , Python ,Ruby on Rails
… etc

18. • Sample Code
• Include the library path from Google Servers

21. • Final Result

22. GAZA ? !!

23. • Gaza on Gmaps V 2.0

24. • Gaza on Gmaps V 3.0

25. Google Street

26. • Sample Code