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Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax: From Novice to Professional
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Chapter 6: Improving the User Interface
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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, you’ll 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. You’ll 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.
- You’ll 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.
Table of Contents
About the Authors
About the Technical Reviewer
PART 1 Your First Google Maps
Chapter 1 Google Maps and Rails
Chapter 2 Getting Started
Chapter 3 Interacting with the User and the Server
Chapter 4 Geocoding Addresses
PART 2 Beyond the Basics
Chapter 5 Manipulating Third-Party Data
Chapter 6 Improving the User Interface
Chapter 7 Optimizing and Scaling for Large Data Sets
Chapter 8 What's Next for the Google Maps API?
PART 3 Advanced Map Features andMethods
Chapter 9 Advanced Tips and Tricks
Chapter 10 Lines, Lengths, and Areas
Chapter 11 Advanced Geocoding Topics
PART 4 Appendixes
Appendix A Finding the Data You Want
Appendix B Google Maps API
Index
About the Authors
Andre Lewis has been working with technology for the last nine years.
His experience ranges from large-scale enterprise consulting with Accenture
to startup ventures and open source projects. During "Web 1.0," Andre helped
architect coolboard.com, one of the top 50 trafficked Internet sites in 2000.
He currently runs his own business, developing Ruby on Rails applications and
consulting on Web 2.0 technologies. He also runs hotspotr.com, a community-driven
site for WiFi cafes. He blogs about technology, work, and general interests
at http://earthcode.com. From time to time, Andre gives presentations to San
Francisco area technology groups, including SDForum and the SF Ruby meetup.
Andre lives and works in San Francisco, California. When he's not working with
clients or exploring the latest technologies, he likes to mountain bike, camp,
and ride his motorcycle.
Michael Purvis is a mechatronics engineering student at the University
of Waterloo, Ontario. He is a mostly self-taught programmer. Prior to discovering
PHP, he was busy making a LEGO Mindstorms kit play Connect 4. Currently, he
maintains an active community site for classmates, built mostly from home-brewed
extensions to PunBB and MediaWiki.
He has written about CSS for the Position Is Everything web site, and occasionally
participates in the css-discuss mailing list. He particularly enjoys those clever
layouts that mix negative margins, relative positioning, and bizarre float tricks
to create fiendish, cross-browser, flexible-width concoctions. These and other
nontechnical topics are discussed on his weblog at uwmike.com.
Offline, he enjoys cooking, cycling, and social dancing. He has worked for
We-Create, Inc. on a number of exciting PHP-based projects and has a strong
interest in independent web standards.
Jeffrey Sambells is a graphic designer and self-taught web applications
developer best known for his unique ability to merge the visual world of graphics
with the mental realm of code. With a bachelor of technology degree in graphic
communications management along with a minor in multimedia, Jeffrey was originally
trained for the traditional paper-and-ink printing industry, but he soon realized
the world of pixels and code was where his ideas would prosper. In late 1999,
he cofounded We-Create, Inc., an Internet software company based in Waterloo,
Ontario, which began many long nights of challenging and creative innovation.
Currently, as director of research and development for We-Create, Jeffrey is
responsible for investigating new and emerging Internet technologies and integrating
them using web standards-compliant methods. In late 2005, he also became a Zend
Certified Engineer.
When not playing at the office, Jeffrey enjoys a variety of hobbies, from photography
to woodworking. When the opportunity arises, he also enjoys floating in a canoe
on the lakes of Algonquin Provincial Park or going on an adventurous, map-free,
drive with his wife. Jeffrey also maintains a personal web site at JeffreySambells.com,
where he shares thoughts, ideas, and opinions about web technologies, photography,
design, and more. He lives in Ontario, Canada, eh, with his wife, Stephanie,
and their little dog, Milo.
Cameron Turner has been programming computers since his first VIC 20
at age 7. He has been developing interactive web sites since 1994. In 1999,
he cofounded We-Create, Inc., which specializes in Internet software development.
He is now the company's chief technology officer. Cam obtained his honors degree
in computer science from the University of Waterloo with specialization in applied
cryptography, database design, and computer security.
Cam lives in Canada's technology capital of Waterloo, Ontario, with his wife,
Tanya, son, Owen, and dog, Katie. His hobbies include biking, hiking, water
skiing, and painting. He maintains a personal blog at CamTurner.com, discussing
nontechnical topics, thoughts, theories, and family life.
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