Google Maps API

What the heck is a Google Maps API? Simply put:

"The Google Web APIs service is a beta web program that enables developers to easily find and manipulate information on the web.Google Web APIs are for developers and researchers interested in using Google as a resource in their applications.The Google Web APIs service gives you query access to Google's web search, enabling you to develop software that accesses billions of web documents that are constantly refreshed."- Google Web APIs FAQ

Get your own Google Maps API key and you can develop your own embedded Google Map webpages..that is, if you know how to do it. One very successful page that demonstrates this very well is VestalDesign; apparently, Darth Vader is on a rampage. Who knew?

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