Google code is high above me - can anybody help a Javascript n00b?

Question

ok, I have been looking into google maps for 2 days now when I found this beautiful sample from google engineer Roman Nurik: shit! only 1 link allowed, lol.

The source code is available here: link text

I am a casual developer at beginners level in javascript (usually C,C++C#) and I would be very greatful if somebody would explain the main cornerstones and nuts&bolts of this code to me...

I have some concrete questions which I would point out but of course I am eager to find out the answers by myself - just need a short stimulus... :)

Thank you!

Answer 1

If you aren't familiar with JavaScript, you can either get a book or try playing around with the examples as you go along.

You can try it at the Google Maps API Playground. It helps to know some JavaScript but you can play around as JavaScript isn't that hard as compared to C.