HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript Features

Like the map maker project in Chapter 4, these projects are implemented by combining the use of the Google Maps API with features of HTML5. The combination for this project is not as tricky. The map stays on the left side of the window and the media is presented on the right. I will review quickly how to get access to a map and how to set up the event handling, and then go on to the HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript features for satisfying the rest of the critical requirements.

Google Maps API for Map Access and Event Handling

Access to the Google Maps API requires a script element with reference to an external file. For this application, I used

<script type="text/javascript" charset="UTF-8"  src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script> ...

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