Google Map Integration

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Google Maps is a free web mapping service provided by Google that powers many map-based services including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder and embedded maps on third-party websites via the Google Maps API. It offers street maps, a route planner for bicycles, pedestrians and cars, and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world. A related product is Google Earth, a stand-alone program for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux which offers more globe-viewing features. Google Maps provides high-resolution satellite images for most urban areas in Canada and the United States,New Zealand, Australia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Ireland, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, South Korea, Taiwan, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Kuwait, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and many other countries. Google Maps also covers many cities including Moscow, Istanbul, and most of India and Pakistan.

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Easy to Implement

Like many other Google web applications, Google Maps uses JavaScript. As the user drags the map, the grid squares are downloaded from the server and inserted into the page. When a user searches for a business, the results are downloaded in the background for insertion into the side panel and map - the page is not reloaded. Locations are drawn dynamically by positioning a red pin on top of the map images. It also uses JSON for data transfer rather than XML, for performance reasons. These techniques both fall under the broad Ajax umbrella.

Custome Developement

As the Google Maps code is almost entirely JavaScript and XML, some end-users reverse-engineered the tool and produced client-side scripts and server-side hooks which allowed a user or website to introduce expanded or customised features into the Google Maps interface. Using the core engine and the map/satellite images hosted by Google, such tools can introduce custom location icons, location coordinates and metadata, and even custom map image sources into the Google Maps interface. The script-insertion tool Greasemonkey provides a large number of client-side scripts to customize Google Maps data.

Google Maps API

Google created the Google Maps API to facilitate developers integrating Google Maps into their web sites with their own data points. It is a free service. By using the Google Maps API it is possible to embed the full Google Maps on an external web site. Developers are required to request an API Key, which is bound to the web site and directory entered when creating the key. Creating your own map interface involves adding the Google JavaScript code to your page, and then using Javascript functions to add points to the map. Google Maps actively promotes the commercial use of their API. One of its earliest adopters at large scale are real estate sites.

Google Maps for Mobile

In late 2006, Google introduced a Java application called Google Maps for Mobile, which is intended to run on any Java based phone or mobile device. Most web based features are available from within the application. It introduced a GPS-like location service that does not require a GPS receiver. The "my location" feature works by utilizing the GPS location of the mobile device.

Google Ride Finder

Google launched a Google Maps-based tool called Ride Finder, tapping into in-car GPS units for a selection of participating taxi and limousine services. The tool displays the current location of all supported vehicles of the participating services in major U.S. cities, including Chicago and San Francisco on a Google Maps street map.

Others

1. Google Maps currently supports the following web browsers:IE 6.0+, Firefox 2.0+, Safari 3.1+.
2. In Google Maps, the URL parameters may be tweaked to offer views and options not normally available through on-screen controls.
3. Google Transit is a web application that plans a trip using public transportation options.
4. Google My Maps lets users and businesses create their own map by positioning markers, polylines and polygons onto a map.
5. Google Ditu is the Chinese localized version of Google Maps and Google Local services with coverage limited to the Chinese mainland.