# Ruby on Rails - Google Maps book

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-google-maps-book/191939>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 21, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-google-maps-book/191939 "2010-07-21T00:24:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![jason\_white](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jason\_white](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_white)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-google-maps-book/191939/1 "2010-07-21T00:24:22Z")

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I’m looking at creating an application utilizing ROR and the Google Maps  
API. I came across this book “Beginning Google Maps Applications with  
Rails  
and Ajax: From Novice to  
Professional[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590597877/geo0f-20](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590597877/geo0f-20)”.  
Would this title be to far out of date to even be useful?

Cheers,  
jason

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**Author:** ![jason\_white](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jason\_white](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jason_white)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-google-maps-book/191939/2 "2010-07-23T16:15:28Z")

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The authors have a blog about the book and how useful it is with  
Google maps API v3  
under the title:  
Two Years and Counting. Is Our Book Still Useful? ^^

You could still develop for API v2 - just the api won’t be updated (if  
you do have a look at YM4R\_GM and YM4R\_Mapstraction)

[http://www.googlemapsbook.com/](http://www.googlemapsbook.com/)