> Where to start on programming a map?

Start here
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/index.html
and here
http://econym.org.uk/gmap/

> How are maps "programmed"? e.g. how is the gps device able to give the
> user a route according to roads, rather than just linking the starting
> point to the destination through bushes, parking lots, buildings etc?

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Directions

> I would like to know where to start on this project, because this will
> be the first step in a small gps application which will find routes
> within this small map area.

Perhaps the hardest part will be getting the mystery 'GPS device' to
give you coordinates in a form that you can use in your chosen
programming method. If you can't do that, don't worry about the
mapping side.

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