Marakana Blog

We are pleased to announce a new course on Building Google Maps Applications. This course is based on Ajax and Ruby on Rails for the back-end.

First, students will make a map, add some custom pins, and geocode a set of data using freely available services. After that the course gets into more map development topics, like building a usable interface, dealing with extremely large groups of points, and finding sources of raw information.

Finally the course dives into advanced topics: building custom map overlays such as your own info window and tooltip, creating your own map tiles and projections, using the spherical equations necessary to calculate surface areas on the earth, and building your own geocoder from scratch.

The course is thought by Andre Lewis, the author of "Beginning Google Maps Applications with Rails and Ajax: From Novice to Professional".

The Google Maps training course is going to be a lot of fun. It's in the spirit of providing cutting-edge Web 2.0 training with expert instructors.

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