Beginning Google maps applications with Rails and Ajax : from novice to professional / Andre Lewis ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, André.

Series:

Expert's voice in open source.

Expert's voice in open source

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ruby on rails (Electronic resource).

Google Maps.

Ajax (Web site development technology).

Web sites--Authoring programs.

Web sites.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2007.

Other Title:

Google maps applications with Rails and Ajax

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : Apress ; New York : Distributed to the Book trade worldwide by Springer-Verlag, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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 mapping features into your Rails-driven web applications. Proceeding far beyond simplistic map display, youll learn how to draw from a variety of data sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line data and Google's own geocoding feature to build comprehensive geocoding services for mapping many locations around the world. The book also steers you through various examples that show how to encourage user interaction such as through pinpointing map locations, adding comments, and building community-driven maps. Youll want to pick up a copy of this book because This is the first book to comprehensively introduce the Google Maps application development using the Rails development framework. Youll be introduced to the very latest changes to the Google Maps API, embodied in the version 2 release. It is written by four developers actively involved in the creation of location-based mapping services. For additional info, please visit the author's reference site for this book.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

"Build awesome Rails-driven mapping applications using the powerful Google Maps API"--Cover.

ISBN:

9786610852796

9781280852794

1280852798

9781430203803

1430203803

OCLC:

184908110