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copied!<p>So to answer your question. I <a href="http://www.cannonade.net/map.php" rel="nofollow noreferrer">use</a> the Google Maps API.</p> <p>Why?</p> <p>I think there are a whole lot of good reasons that make Google Maps an extremely valuable mapping solution for web developers. I realise I will probably sound like a hand waving evangelist, but here goes: </p> <ul> <li>Very well <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">documented API</a></li> <li>Access to a range of excellent tile sets for your maps (topographic, satellite, road maps, terrain).</li> <li>Access to the Google Earth 3D plugin with very few changes to a standard Google Maps site.</li> <li>Constant upgrades and improvements to the API and it's features. I started working on my Google Maps project a few years ago and in that time I have seen new tilesets, the upgraded GUI controls, mousewheel zoom, Google Earth plugin ... I am sure this list will get longer.</li> <li>StreetView. I don't actually use this myself, but Streetview is a fantastic feature that isn't duplicated in the other mapping solutions.</li> <li>Extensive set of very useful tools in the API. GLog, distance calculations, GLatLngRegion etc ...</li> <li>GeoCoding. I recently dabbled with the GeoCoding API that Google provides and found it was very easy to use and extremely powerful.</li> <li><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Google Maps Group</a> - I have asked these guys for a help a number of times and found prompt and accurate responses that rival StackOverflow.</li> <li>Ability to overlay tiles over the Google map tiles (GOverlay).</li> <li>Ability to implement entirely custom tilsets that leverage the Google Maps scaling/panning framework.</li> <li><a href="http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2010/05/add-touch-of-style-to-your-maps.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Custom map themes</a> allows you to integrate the map look and feel with your page color scheme.</li> </ul>

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