Google Maps Creation Tools/Tutorials

Google Maps API Help and Tools:

• Creating custom map markers tutorial - Google Local Product Manager describes how to make custom map markers for Google Maps API sites.
• Showing polylines on Google Maps tutorial - This tutorial describes the way these Polylines were created. [via]
• HOW-TO: Geocoding Tutorial - Quick and dirty tutorial to roll your own geocoding using the freely available US Census tiger line data.
• Developer.com Part 4/4: Building a Geocoding Web Service Jason Gilmore has completed his 4 part Google Maps series. Previous installments here.
• Google Maps UK + Ruby/Rails - Contains a snippet that will fetch the latitude and longitude for a post code
• GMiF: Google Maps in Flickr - GMif is a set of Firefox scripts/extensions that allows you to embed Google Maps into the Flickr interface. [via]
• Pragmatic Programmer Google Maps API PDF Booklet - Purchase and download this great little GMaps API booklet-tutorial for $8.71(USD)
• Making of the Charlottetown Transit Map - A full How-To for this map.

Google Maps for your blog or website:

• Integrating a Google Map on Blogger (Also available in Finnish)
• Google Maps on Movable Type using MTMaps - Check out Zuckervati's experience in getting this to work for Canadian maps on his blog. Stefan is also having some fun with it as well..
  
• Phoogle Maps - With about 5 lines of PHP code you can display a customized Google Map on your website.

Sites Using Google Maps:

• Gizmo chat app
• JuicyCal AJAX web calendar
• Documark

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