Beginning Google Maps Mashups with Mapplets, KML, and GeoRSS is a beginner’s guide to creating web mashups using Google mapping technology.

Serves as a single–source primer to displaying data on Google Maps

Covers both mapplets and the Google Maps API

Provides everything you need to start participating in the Geographic Web

Sterling Udell is a freelance web developer who has been programming with Google Maps since before the API was released. He is a leading Google maps, gadget, and mapplet developer, responsible for the software behind a number of the leading sites on the GeoWeb.