Acknowledgments

Thanks initially to Mark Lewin, for getting me started on the project in the first place. This book literally wouldn't exist with him. Similarly, I must also thank Riaan van Schoor, who "sponsored" my first professional foray into Google mapping.

Many thanks to everyone at Apress for their hard work and patience getting this, my first book, out on time, as deadlines have passed and versions changed. Especially, thanks to Tom Welsh for his unfailing support and encouragement, not to mention tolerance of my inability to get the correct plurality on my third-person pronouns.

For guiding me through pitching the book to Apress, a well-deserved thanks to Laura Olson. This may only be my first, but I'll catch you yet!

Like many, if not most, Google map programmers, I owe a debt of gratitude to Mike Williams and his unrivalled grasp of the Maps API. In particular, I'd like to thank Mike for creating the original EGeoXml object that I use (and extend) in this book.

And finally, the biggest thank you to Teresa Petrykowski, my wife and non-technical reviewer, for reading every word and sticking by me through it all, from the smirking to the hair-pulling. Diolch yn fawr, cariad!