Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth

401 Pages·2006·11.28 MB·English

by  Martin C. Brown

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Hacking Google® Maps
and Google® Earth
Martin C. Brown
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Hacking Google® Maps
and Google® Earth
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Hacking Google® Maps
and Google® Earth
Martin C. Brown
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Hacking Google® Maps and Google® Earth
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Brown,Martin C.
Hacking Google Maps and Google Earth / Martin C.Brown.
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Includes index.
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1. Geographic information systems.2. Google Maps.3. Google Earth. I.Title.
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To Darcy and Leon,the cats that understand everything and nothing,respectively.
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About the Author
A professional writer for more than six years,Martin C.Brown (MC)is the author of both the
Perl and Python Annotated Archivesand Complete Referencebooks (all four Osborne/McGraw-
Hill),MicrosoftIIS 6 Delta Guide(Sams Publishing),and 14 other published computing titles.
His expertise spans myriad development languages and platforms—Perl,Python,Java,
JavaScript,Basic,Pascal,Modula-2,C,C++,Rebol,Gawk,Shellscript,Windows,Solaris,
Linux,BeOS,Microsoft WP,Mac OS,and more—as well as web programming,systems
management,and integration.MC is a regular contributor to ServerWatch.com and IBM
developerWorks.
He is also a regular writer of white papers and how-to guides for Microsoft on subjects such as
migrating Solaris/Unix/Linux development and systems administration to Windows 2000 and
2003 Server product lines.He draws on a rich and varied background as a founding member of
a leading U.K.ISP,systems manager and IT consultant for an advertising agency and Internet
solutions group,technical specialist for an intercontinental ISP network,and database designer
and programmer—and as a self-confessed compulsive consumer of computing hardware and
software.In his formative pre-writing life,he spent 10 years designing and managing mixed
platform environments.As a result he has developed a rare talent of being able to convey the
benefits and intricacies of his subject with equal measures of enthusiasm,professionalism,in-
depth knowledge,and insight.MC is currently a member of the MySQL Documentation
Team.
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