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LinuxWorld: Google Maps API #1

Linux world has a roundup of the top 10 most useful, interesting and important Web 2.0 APIs that you can use for “real programming problems” in Web applications. At the top of their list is the Google Maps API, winning the #1 most important and influential API award.
I know many of you already agree with […]

ZDNet Mistaken: API Terms of Use Simply Clarified

ZDNet is reporting that Google has updated the terms of use for their API to explicitly mention the geocoding API. ZDNet is wrong in stating that this is a new restriction since it’s been in place since the very first day the geocoding API was released.
The “new” restriction centers around the 50,000 lookups per day […]

Where is the Google Maps API going in the new year? No one but the development team is certain, but I’m willing to take a gamble and look once more into my cloudy crystal ball.

Forums?

Hello Everyone.
We’ve had a request to add forums to this site for all of our readers to help each other and share ideas. Jeff, Mike and I considered this a few months ago and decided that we probably didn’t have enough traffic to warrant it. But with over 100 subscribers to our feed and an […]

Interesting Reading

It’s been a bit quiet around here lately so I wanted to point out some articles that Jeff has written in the last few weeks. They don’t directly relate to Google Maps development but they are excellent articles about web development in general. I hope you find them useful.

Doing it Asynchronously: Demonstration and explanation of […]