> 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
