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    Google Maps and You: Five Steps To Including a Google Map On Your Website

    Chris Deweese
    Lewis & Clark Library System
    Blog: http://cdeweese.blogspot.com/

    Two thousand five saw the rise of the API: an open interface that allows outsiders access to data. Just about every major search company and “web 2.0″ sites offer an API that developers can use to create their own “mashups”. Google’s Map API is one of the easiest and most flexible out there. But don’t be scared. Google Maps does not require you to be a “l33t hax0r” to include a map on your site. With a little data and these five easy steps, you can have a Google map on your site too.

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    This entry was posted on Friday, April 14th, 2006 at 1:35 am and is filed under library & info resources. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

    3 Responses to “Google Maps and You: Five Steps To Including a Google Map On Your Website”

    John Iliff Says:
    April 14th, 2006 at 4:58 pm

    Thanks for this Chris. I have been looking over the API and you helped pull it together nicely. I know what I’ll be doing this weekend, putting Google maps all over the place :).

    Chris Deweese Says:
    April 14th, 2006 at 7:15 pm

    Hope its useful for you. Google just announced Version 2 of their API (they’ve been developing it for a while). I will need to do a follow up because there are some changes.

    Work through this and then try their upgrade guide: http://www.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/upgrade.html

    I haven’t had a chance to redo some of my projects yet.

    collegewebeditor.com: web, marketing & PR in higher ed Says:
    April 15th, 2006 at 7:23 am

    Live from HigherEdBlogCon: How to create a Google map in 5 easy steps

    Don’t have a Google map on your institution website yet? What are you waiting for?
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