Have you come across some site that has a small box that shows maps just like those shown on Google Maps web page? Well, it’s simple to get one of those Google Maps to be integrated on your website as well. Google code gives away its Google Maps Application Programming Interface (API) for free. Provided you abide by the Google Terms and Conditions, you are free to embed the Google Maps API on your web application with JavaScript. The API provides a number of utilities for manipulating maps like those on the original Google Maps does. (more…)