[ What is Google Maps?
Google Maps is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google. It offers street maps, a route planner for traveling by foot, bicycle, car, or public transport and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world. It also can help find the location of businesses.

I want to be there, but how?
All you need is to contribute via Google Mapmaker. Start tagging places/buildings for the areas you know or lived. And one day you will be listed on Google Maps . It took me a week for ~100 edits.
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[ Update 2009-07-13: My edits are now visible on Google Maps.. Hurray !!

Update 2009-08-03: Now in search results too. Check D-cabin, Ahmedabad
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- ankit

Tiles: The very first observation is – not whole map is fetched at once. Instead the entire map is divided into tiles and a series of Ajax requests are fired to retrieve some part of the actually map. As soon as a tile is fetched it is displayed at its position. Their position is well calculated no matter user drags the maps while requests are on the way. The benefit here is, the user interface remains responsive and it makes user eager to analyze an area of map as soon as it’s available.

Overlaying: The tiles can be considered basic unit of mapping applications. They are atomic and have minimal required information. The DHTML allows overlapping one tile (image) over another and makes development easier. Here is how.

For each type of data there exists an independent tile. The Ajax application retrieves these tiles and overlaps one above another. For example – the user requests to see map and satellite image together, and here is how the rendered image is showed.

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Tiles are Independent: Each tile is an independent unit and its request can be customized from client browser itself. For example making a request of http://kh2.google.com/kh?n=415&v=22&hl=en&t=trtssqrtqsqqtqq returns -

This is a newer image. While the request for http://kh2.google.com/kh?n=415&v=21&hl=en&t=trtssqrtqsqqtqq yields and older image for the same area.

Here the difference in the requests is of a single parameter ‘v’ and as per my guess its ‘version’. The next parameter ‘t’ seems a combination of zoom index, and the corner coordinates. For tiles of type map having some text, their language can be controlled using ‘hl=en’. Try using ‘hl=ru’ and you can see difference. So, the JavaScript executing in the client’s browser has complete control over what to display.

Ajax: Probably this needs to be the first point I should discuss. Google Maps does not use XMLHttpRequest for making Ajax calls. Instead, they have used I-FRAME (iFrame) for preloading images. When you use Firebug you won’t be also to trace any XMLHttpRequest calls. I think the reason for this would be the difficulty in using and image/jpeg response from XMLHttpRequest as an image object and display it in browser.

- ankit

I got this list form Katraj Mandir. There are around 52 Jain Mandir/Derasar of Shvetambar/Digambar, and unfortunately there is only one temple near by Kothrud. It’s Swetanbar mandir @ The other near by are (a) Shri Vasupujya Jain Derasar at Lajvanti Apt, Karve Road. It’s near by Petrol Pump, in between Deccan and Nal Stop. (b) Parwshnath Jain Mandir, behind Sweekar Hotel Lane, Nal Stop, Pune

Here is a list of a few temples:

1. Shree Mahaveer Digamber Jain Temple,
   In the lane of Trapti Auto Service Center,
   Behind Brahma Veg Restaurant, Manik Bag,
   Singarh Road, Pune. Ph. 24351008
2. Chandraprabhu Jain Temple, Opp. Naik Hospital,
   Guruwar Peth, Pune
   (Opposite to Nail Hospital. 5 Min Distance from Mandai, Near Laxmi Road, Tulsi Bag.)
3. Shantinath Digamber Khandelwal Jain Mandir,
   520, Near Moti Chock, Ravivar Peth,
   Pune-411002
4. Shantinath Digamber Saitwal Jain Mandir,
   846, Lonar Aali, Near Moti Chock, Ravivar Peth,
   Pune-411002
5. Shree Digamber Jain Chaityalya,
   Rajkumar Ji Doshi, Gajraj Cloth Shop,
   M.G. Road, Camp Area,
   Pune. Ph. 65220675
6. Shri.Shantinath Khandelwal Digamber Jain Mandir
   248 Ganj Peth, Pune-2
7. Shree Digamber Jain Chaityalya,
   Anil Madhukar Jain,
   Bhekarai Nagar, Tukai Darshan
   Road No 11, Near Dutt Mandir
   Fursuingi (Haveli) ,Pune Ph: 26980551
   (This Temple is Near Hadapsar)
8. Shree Chandraprabhu Digamber Jain Mandir,
   Telco Road, Yamunanagar, Nigadi
9. Mahavir Jain Temple, Opp. Gometesh Vyayamshala,
   Near Ayurvedic College, Sec. 25, Nigadi,
   Pune Ph. 27659021
10. Mahavir Jain Temple, H.N.D. Jain Boarding, Model Colony,
    Near Om Super Market, Pune. Ph. 25656094
    (This temple is just 2 min. from E-Square)
11. Jain Shwetambar Murtipujak Sanghs’
    Shri Kunthunath Jain Temple,
    Dhore nagar-1,
    Old Sangavi, Pune.
    (you can reach to OM Medicals at old Sangavi and ask Mr. Kushal K. Oswal for the road map.27280442)
12. Shewatamber Jain Mandir,
    A-2, KUMAR Society, VISHRANT WADI,
    ALANDI ROAD, PUNE-411015.
    MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

Ack: Neeraj, Pune Diary

A Google map pinpointing Jain Mandirs at Pune:

Here is a list of Jain Dharmashala and Jain food locations at Pune.

~ Ankit

Edited on 27th Feb’06:

Digital snaps of the list can be found at List 1, List 2, List 3. (Contact no for Katraj Mandir  020 24318654)

~ Ankit