Yahoo! Maps Mashups

384 Pages·2007·4.015 MB·English

by  Charles Freedman

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Yahoo!® Maps
Mashups
Charles Freedman
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Yahoo!® Maps
Mashups
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Yahoo!® Maps
Mashups
Charles Freedman
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Yahoo!® Maps Mashups
Published by
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Copyright © 2007 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Published simultaneously in Canada
ISBN: 978-0-470-09778-6
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Freedman, Charles, 1977–
Yahoo! Maps mashups / Charles Freedman.
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Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-470-09778-6 (paper/website)
ISBN-10: 0-470-09778-7 (paper/website)
1. Geographic information systems. 2. Yahoo! Maps. 3. Application program interfaces (Computer software) I. Title.
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To Jamie, my wife.
With your unconditional love and support you inspire me to live my dreams.
To my parents and grandparents.
You showed me the world from all angles before I ever looked at a map.
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About the Author
Charles Freedman is a Senior Flash Developer for Yahoo! with a communications degree in film and
television from Boston University. His development approach combines an education in multimedia
with expertise and passion for building engaging and intuitive applications and content.
In recent years, Charles has produced some of the most highly visible Flash platform work, leading
development for Yahoo! Maps and deploying modules for the home pages of eBay, eBay China and
Fidelity. Born in Boston, Charles relocated with his wife Jamie to sunny Santa Clara, California, to join
Yahoo! in 2005. Still a season ticket holder, he plans many trips back East to see his beloved Red Sox
winanother World Series.