Google Ajax API

Google provides a great set of javascript api’s to interact with its service. The Google service allows you to integrate maps, local search, dynamic feed content, and graphs and charts, into your website or blog. To start using the service you need to sign-up for an api key here, after that the best place to head it the ‘code playground‘ where you can see all the API tools in action. You can easily get the source code and customise the code to fit with your application.

Here are 10 quick links to useful Google tools.

1. Simple Line Chart
2. Column Chart
3. Local Map Search
4. Show Driving Directions
5. Image Search with colour restriction
6. Language Detection
7. Display RSS feeds
8. Google Earth Api
9. Show Data on Google Earth
10. Get your Google calender events

You can read full documentation on the Ajax API’s here

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