Google Maps JavaScript Intellisense

I'm working on a project that uses Google Maps extensively. I've used GM for basic stuff in the past but that was pre API Loader and Visual Studio 2008. The API Loader is cool, I like namespaces it keeps everything neat, GMap2 looked too much like COM programming. google.maps.Map2 is something I can get into.

The namespaces got me thinking, someone must have found a way to get Intellisence for google.maps. The closest I could find was a blog post by Roger Chapman, his solution is pre loader and hand written, rather than the scripted solutions for jQuery (thanks to the way jQuery is documented). That said, I am extremely grateful for work that must have been time consuming and Roger is to be commended. Roger Chapman I salute you.

I have taken Roger's original file and namespace'd it. I've added a few lines to the top of the file which declares google.maps and the the API Loader functionality. Then, using Find & Replace, I switched all those ugly capital Gs and G_s for google.maps. I've also added one or two additional classes that weren't included in Roger's original file. I'll continue to add more as and when I need to. I'd certainly appreciate any additional classes that other people have added. The current version of the file is available to download here.

I believe Roger has since created a CodePlex project for his work. If there is any interest in me doing so, I'll contact Roger with a view to forking the project for the API Loader variation.