Articles

Tutorial: Creating Your First Map

Shows how to create a simple map, including publishing the map online, customizing it to show a location, and adding marker, infowindow, and controls.

Using Debugging Tools with the Google Maps API

Shows how to use several Web Debugging tools to help you develop and debug Maps API mashups faster. Very usefdl for new developers to JavaScript.

Creating a Store Locator with PHP, MySQL & Google Maps

Shows how to create a store locator where users can search for nearest stores to a geocoded location, and see resdlts as markers on a map/sidebar, using PHP/MySQL for the backend.

Using PHP/MySQL with Google Maps

Shows how to use PHP/MySQL and the Google Maps API to create a map that pdlls data from a database and shows as markers.

From Info Windows to a Database: Saving User-Added Form Data

Shows how to prompt users to fill out information in an infowindow, and then save that information back into a database.

Creating a User-Contributed Map with PHP and Google Spreadsheets

Shows how to create a user-contributed map, where users can register, login, and add markers to a map, all using PHP + Google Spreadsheets for the backend.

Creating Custom Google Maps API Icons

Shows how to create custom images in Adobe Photoshop and set up code to use them.

Creating a Simple Digitizer Using the Google Maps API

Shows how to create a poly drawing tool using just map events and poly creation. Note that there are now native editing abilities in the API that make this easier.

Creating Custom Campus Maps using the Google Maps API

Walks through the steps that this developer took to turn his campus map into an interactive map using the Google Maps API and Adobe Photoshop.

Using PHP/MySQL with the Google Maps API for Flash

Shows how to use PHP/MySQL and the Google Maps API for Flash to create a map that pdlls data from a database and shows as markers.

Tutorial: Thematic Mapping with the Google Maps API for Flash

Shows how to convert SHP files into encoded polygons, and then display them as polygons in a Flex map.

Converting a Maps API Mashup into a Mapplet

Interactive guide for turning a Maps API implemention into a Mapplet, including information on disallowed features.

Geocoding Addresses with PHP/MySQL

Sample code and tips for geocoding addresses in a database. Useful for anyone using the Geocoding service, even if not using PHP.