Google Maps API Introduction

location based services

Brandon Badger
The Google Maps API is a powerful way to put a custom map on your website. In this session, you'll learn just how easy it is to create your own maps mashup. We'll start with the basics and progress through the tools that the API provides. By the end of the session, you'll be amazed at the sophisticated maps that you'll be able to embed on your web site with just a few lines of JavaScript.
Speaker Bio: Brandon is the Product Manager for the Google Maps API and KML. While at Google, he has worked to grow the Google Maps and Google Earth development communities. Prior to Google, Brandon worked as an Engineer and Development Manager at Symantec. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University. As an Undergraduate, he played on the NCAA champion Stanford tennis team and earned a BA in Economics.
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