Map Scripting

Today I celebrated a milestone by completing a draft of the first chapter of my book about online mapping. Now it’s off to my editor, who I expect to have a double helping of constructive feedback.

Incidentally, it was chapter two that I finished first, skipping chapter one. Teacher always said to write your introduction after you’ve written the conclusion.

Chapter two covers the mapping APIs discussed in the book and makes a case for Mapstraction, which I plan to use wherever possible. I also give some basic examples, like adding controls to the map and setting the zoom level.

I’m still just getting started in the global perspective of the book, but it feels good to pass a big ol’ psychological checkpoint.