Hands on Map Scripting

• Customize your map with your own markers and map imagery.
• Convert addresses to latitude/longitude coordinates, so you can turn user input into data.
• Find your user’s location no matter what the browser—even a mobile phone.

Where possible, we’ll use the Mapstraction open source library, a wrapper for a dozen mapping APIs. Mapstraction has been around almost as long as the first mapping APIs. This workshop will cover Mapstraction version 2, a completely re-worked framework that decreases download size. Previously the code for all providers was downloaded, even if you were only using one. The latest version separates core features of Mapstraction, then loads only the necessary provider code.