Beginning Google Maps Mashups with Mapplets, KML, and GeoRSS: From Novice to Professional

Acknowledgments

Thanks initially to Mark Lewin, for getting me started on the project in the first place. This book literally wouldn't exist with him. Similarly, I must also thank Riaan van Schoor, who "sponsored" my first professional foray into Google mapping.

Many thanks to everyone at Apress for their hard work and patience getting this, my first book, out on time, as deadlines have passed and versions changed. Especially, thanks to Tom Welsh for his unfailing support and encouragement, not to mention tolerance of my inability to get the correct plurality on my third-person pronouns.

For guiding me through pitching the book to Apress, a well-deserved thanks to Laura Olson. This may only be my first, but I'll catch you yet!

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