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  11:51

• Course Introduction

  9:26

• Course Agenda

  2:24

Basic Concepts  31:05

• 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  31:38

• 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  19:51

• 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  20:35

• 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