Google Maps

Introduction

Why This Book?

This book is the result of my interest in geography and applied math, and over two decades of experience in software development. With the introduction of Google Maps and the support of spatial data by SQL Server, I was able to combine both disciplines and work on challenging and interesting projects, including map-enabled web sites for hotel bookings, reports with spatial features, and the layout of a large gas pipe network on the map. I decided to write this book because I felt I had practical information to share that would be useful to many developers interested in all aspects of map-enabled applications, and also ...