Have a Google Maps mashup that you’d like to expose to millions of users on maps.google.com? New to the mapping craze, but have an idea for a killer map–based application? Practical Google Maps Mashups with Google Mapplets, GeoRSS, and KML Is the fit book to cover Google’s new Mapplet technology Shows you how to create Google Maps–based applications and publish to maps.google.com Is a single–source resource and practical guide to Mapplets and mashups Teaches you how to mash up Mapplets using locaon–specific data Includes examples of real–world applications What you’ll learn Readers will be taken through the process of building a mashup of multiple data sources and APIs, using Tourfilter’s concert and event data to map concerts and venue formation happening nearby. The Google Mapplets API will be covered, showing readers how to do such things as annotate maps with markers and respond to user events. The basics of data feeds and formats, APIs, and caching are covered...