{"product_id":"9781430203803","title":"Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax: From Novice to Professional","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Google Maps API remains one of the showcase examples of the Web 2.0 development paradigm. \u003ci\u003eBeginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax: From Novice to Professional\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to comprehensively introduce the service from a developer perspective, showing you how you can integrate mapping features into your Rails-driven web applications.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eProceeding far beyond simplistic map display, youll learn how to draw from a variety of data sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER\/Line data and Google's own geocoding feature to build comprehensive geocoding services for mapping many locations around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe book also steers you through various examples that show how to encourage user interaction such as through pinpointing map locations, adding comments, and building community-driven maps. Youll want to pick up a copy of this book because\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e   \u003cli\u003eThis is the first book to comprehensively introduce the Google Maps application development using the Rails development framework. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eYoull be introduced to the very latest changes to the Google Maps API, embodied in the version 2 release. \u003c\/li\u003e   \u003cli\u003eIt is written by four developers actively involved in the creation of location-based mapping services. \u003c\/li\u003e  \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFor additional info, please visit the author's reference site for this book. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47139279667440,"sku":"9781430203803","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430203803_p0.jpg?v=1763749189","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430203803","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}