Addison-Wesley
Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — February 2009
The KML handbook; geographic visualization for the Web.
Wernecke, Josie.
Addison-Wesley, ©2009 399 p. $39.99 G70
978-0-321-52559-8
Wernecke, a senior technical writer for Google, has written this guide for the KML geographical software that was instrumental in developing such applications as Google Earth, NASA Worldwind and Microsoft Virtual Earth. The author describes basic overlay techniques in layman's terms that can be employed by a variety of users ranging from programmers to real estate agents and architects, and thoroughly explains the elements, types, syntax, file structures and conventions while managing large data sets. This book also explains how to generate animations for customized presentations that can be used with most Earth browsers. (Annotation ©2009 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
