Your development world is about to greatly expand because of the
new wave of Yahoo! Maps APIs. Written by Charles Freedman, a senior
Flash developer at Yahoo!, this book provides you with all the
information you''ll need to know about these APIs in order to build
amazing map mashups. You''ll find in-depth coverage of Yahoo!
mapping tools and technologies and a variety of techniques for
working with the APIs.
Yahoo! Maps Mashups explores each API flavor, guiding
you through the simple yet comprehensive sets of API calls. This
will help you gain a strong understanding of the capabilities of
each map technology through its respective API. Freedman also uses
each API''s uniqueness to explore the basic and advanced set of API
methods, classes, and events. With this information, you''ll be
able to download, install, and develop mashups with one or all of
the Yahoo! Maps APIs.
What you will learn from this book
- All about each Yahoo! Maps API and the technology that drives
it
- How to build mashups featuring popular web services like
Flickr; Hot Jobs; Yahoo! Travel; local, real-time traffic; and
video
- How to easily adapt from Ajax to the JS-Flash API
- Techniques for building Flex 2 mashups by using the AS-Flash
API
- How to use map features such as panning and zooming, markers,
overlays, and geocoding
Who this book is for
This book is for Web developers who have some experience with
languages and technologies such as HTML, JavaScript/Ajax, XML, or
Flash/ActionScript. Everything in the book is explained in detail
along with source code, which makes this a useful resource
regardless of your experience level.