| Google Maps and My Maps | Google Maps API | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| What kind of tool is this? | Web Mapping Service | Mapping API | Virtual Globe |
| What types of projects is this tool suited for? | Driving directions, basic maps, and maps with unchanging content and minimal interactivity | Interactive maps with lots of specialized, customized location data, especially when that data changes frequently. | Virtual tours and educational mapping applications with lots of multimedia and interactive elements. |
| How hard is this for the developer? | Easy | Intermediate to difficult, depending on the project | Depends on the project |
| What skills will you or your consultant need? | Basic computer skills. | Javascript skills or Flash skills. | To create a medium-sized Google Earth project that’s fairly static and unchanging, you need to know the Google Earth application very well, but you don’t need programming skills. For a large project or one that changes a lot, you probably want to use the Google Earth API, which requires knowledge of Javascript and XML. |
| How customizable and feature-rich is the toolset? | Low | Highly customizable with a lot of features and functionality | Highly customizable with many features and a lot of functionality. |
| How intuitive is this for the end user? | Easy | Depends on the implementation, but usually fairly easy to understand if the interface and documentation were crafted carefully. | Depends on the project implementation to some extent. The software itself is intuitive, but to use some advanced features users may need to read the online help files and tutorials. |
| How interactive is this tool for the end user? | Low interactivity. | Depends on the project. | High interactivity. |
from: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page11657.cfm
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