Newbie Qn re Basic Google Maps Mashup How To?

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I want to create a page that displays a map based on a place name entered by the user - e.g. Golden Gate Bridge gets a map of San Francisco, centered on the bridge - pretty basic.

What GEMS/packages do I need to install for this? Any gotchas I need to think about (apart from duplicate place name resolution).

Any sample code would also be helpful. FWIW I'm thinking of Google maps rather than Yahoo maps for this, but either is probably OK.

TIA, Brendan

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Have a look at mapstraction, it is a javascript library that provides a supplier independent API to google, yahoo etc so you can develop your application and decide late (even at run time) which map supplier to use. See www.mapstraction.com

Colin