CIS 8020 Assignment 2 WS - Google Static Maps

A local real estate firm wants to reward its sales agents for the outstanding commercial estate sales effort for the latest 2009 quarterly sales. These agents are the backbone of the company; if they do poorly then the entire company will suffer. Each quarter, there is a different reward for these professionals. This time the CEO has decided that this coming Friday, October 30th, will be a day at Chateau Élan. The announcement will be posted on the company web pages since the agents do most of their work remotely.


Google Static Maps API is a good candidate solution for this situation. It easily generates maps which can be enhanced with colored markers while at the proper level of zoom to show all items of interests along with local road names. Street addresses and/or latitude & longitude will be part of the input. If required, maps can be made that are usable by mobile devices. Maps can be other than roadmaps; types include satellite and terrain maps. Marker W is for the Chateau Élan winery, I is for the inn, and G is for the golf course.

The primary providers of Internet maps are Google and Yahoo. To not use Google or Yahoo Maps would be inefficient and not the best use of resources. Maps provided by these Internet enterprises are easily created, modified and shared. Once again, our created object lives in the Clouds.