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Google Maps Hacks

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Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page 68
[HACK #17] 2nd paragraph

http://boneill.ninjagrapefruit.com/wp-content/bbc/newmaps/
should be:
http://www.benedictoneill.com/content/newsmap

Anonymous   
Printed Page 246
Hack 59

Google Maps API v2 has invalidated several hacks in the book, and this is one of them. Fortunately, besides not working, it is reported to be unnecessary as the operation of overlays was reworked in v2 and is no longer so slow.

Anonymous   
Printed Page 292
the first code listing

The final paragraph on the page and the listing immediately above it say that the image files are stored in a subdirectory called "maptiles". But the longer code listing above incorrectly shows the image files in two other places: in a subdirectory "nycmaps" and in no subdirectory at all.

Anonymous