Google Developer Day

Posted on | September 17, 2008 | No Comments

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I was at the recent Google Developer Day at Wembley, and got a few ideas when listening to talks regarding development in Google Maps from the past six months:

Â It is now possible to integrate Google Earth as a map type of Google Maps – something they didn’t tell us enough about imho. However, it seems like thisÂ is still at an early stage..
If you’ve never been to a Google Developer day I would certainly recommend it – even if you know the API’s and have talked to many of the Google people who develop the app’s you use, there’s no better chance of finding other people giving fresh views of the world.
According to one speaker, using ‘usual Google maps’ gives you a 50 kb download, while the Ajax downloader gives you a 4kb download. A significant claim which I hope to get the chance of testing soon enough – at least within the next few months. Too bad it seems to have a limit of 50 markers..

Of course, there were also a few other interesting subjects, including for example OpenSocial and especially Gears – but that’s not for this post…