Adding Google Maps to your Website!
By now, you would have probably heard great (and some bad) things about Google maps and the Street View Application. Not only is it a handy tool to find locations anywhere in the world, you can find sites where they’ve taken it to the next level, such as agent locations (TABMA Member Search) to providing detailed directions to your office for clients from any location (Our contact us page).
Make sure you have a Google Account, you’ll need one to get a Maps API key, and your API key will be connected to your Google Account. Next, get a Google Maps API that lets you ‘embed’ Google Maps in your own web pages. A Maps API key is valid for a single “directory” on your web server.
There is no limit on the number of page views you may generate per day using the Maps API till 500,000 page views per day and the Maps API does not include advertising.
Looking for examples of the maps in action? The example source code on the Examples Page on the Google Maps website, as well as the Econym Google Maps API Tutorial should give you in the right direction.
For trouble shooting issues, check out our Google Maps API discussion group, or have a look at the online documentation (more for people with a grasp on JavaScript programming and object-oriented programming concepts).
Happy Google Mapping!