February 13, 2008

A Google Lay of the Land

Something you may not have seen yet is Google Maps “Terrain” view. It’s a new button that lets you view detail terrain elevations, and it looks like they’re adding some 3D building structures too.

It also includes coloring for vegetation, and names of mountains, hills, and the like. So go do some exploring!

February 7, 2008

Simple steps to using the Google Maps API

I really like maps, and no one does maps better than the Google Maps API. Today I’ll go over a few simple steps to getting started with the Google Maps API.