Location data is pervasive and whether you have a business or a personal blog, your site can take advantage by incorporating informative, interactive maps. Add some “where” to your website with this mapping APIs workshop.
In Adam DuVander’s half-day workshop on “Hands-on Map Scripting,” you’ll learn to:
- Use Mapstraction to write code once that creates Google Maps, Yahoo, Bing, MapQuest—a dozen different providers.
- Find your user’s location no matter what the browser—even a mobile phone.
- Customize your map with your own markers and map imagery.
- Convert addresses to latitude/longitude coordinates, so you can turn user input into data.
- Find other sources of geographic data by connecting to APIs, like Twitter and local search.
Web APIs are the building blocks of powerful social applications, and sites like Flickr and Twitter have created a real demand for them. All of the cool kids are using them, and you can learn Web API tips, tricks and secrets from Tom Hughes-Croucher, Senior Developer in Yahoo’s Open Strategy Group, for a half-day workshop on Mix-n-Match Web APIs.
Okay, here’s the scoop: Tom’s workshop will explores some core tools, such as the Twitter API, Google Maps, and YQL to create some amazing social experiences. After this workshop, participants will have knowledge to quickly build entire applications using only web services to prototype ideas, employing the vast range of web APIs available.
Tom will be a busy guy at WebVisions with sessions on “Let’s Run JavaScript Everywhere” and “Cloud Peering” with co-presenter Carlos Bueno.
