Google Maps API: Get Started

This course will help you get up and running with the Google Maps API and start building functional web mapping applications.

Table of contents

Course Introduction

• Course Introduction

    9:26

• Course Agenda

    2:24

Basic Concepts

• Module Agenda

    1:15

• Geography 101

    3:29

• Getting an API Key

    6:27

• Creating a Simple Map

    4:16

• Setting the Extent

    3:02

• Changing the Basemap

    4:24

• Map Control Options

    7:25

• Module Summary

    0:43

Adding Data to the Map

• Module Agenda

    1:22

• Adding Shapes to the Map

    12:15

• Ground Overlays

    3:23

• KML Layers and GeoRSS

    9:18

• Other Layers

    4:25

• Module Summary

    0:54

Interacting With the Map

• Module Agenda

    1:31

• Events in JavaScript

    5:44

• Handling UI Events

    6:15

• Handling API Object State Change

    3:18

• Handling DOM Events

    1:58

• Module Summary

    1:03

Working With Services

• Module Agenda

    0:42

• The Geocoding API

    5:11

• The Directions API

    6:51

• Other Services

    6:56

• Module Summary

    0:33

• Course Conclusion

    0:20