Need help with Google Maps API mashup

[ornryactor]

I'm working on marketing challenges with the national office of one of my organizations (NACURH, if anybody knows what that is) and have been tasked with figuring out how to make a Google Maps mashup that shows the locations and info about all of our member schools and chapters across North America. I've tried doing my research, but I don't understand APIs and all that, and haven't found anything that even tells me what tools I need to do this. I'm assuming actually making the thing is probably a little beyond my computer skills, but I at least want to figure out what we need to put it together so that I can just hand it to someone else.

Any of you computer folks have experience with anything like this? Where do I start?

[Cyclone42]

I found this, hope it helps:

How to develop a Google Maps mashup | Web 2.0 Explorer | ZDNet.com

and this:

http://ajax.sys-con.com/node/193229

[jumbopackage]

If you don't know what an "API" is, I would suggest looking for someone else to handle this job.

It's really not THAT hard, but you do need a background in web design and programming to make it work. And a webserver of some sort as well.