I still remember my school days when I used to struggle to draw the train route between the cities on a map of my country. Now things are entirely different, I can draw air routes between the cities within my country as well as those which are located on the other side of the globe, within a few seconds, using web mapping tools. With today’s mapping applications, one can navigate to any part of the world desired.

The potential of web mapping APIs goes beyond the above mentioned functionality, it could also be used for the safety and security of your loved ones. We had one such scenario where parents were enabled to track their child’s / children’s whereabouts all the time with the help of a system & web mapping API. Implementing such functionalities are made easier by a web mapping service application and technology providers like Google (Google Maps) & Microsoft (Bing Maps). Continue reading »