GWT using Google Maps API following an example

Originally reported on Google Code with ID 2765
Found in GWT Release:
gwt-maps.jar
Detailed description:
I used Eclipse as my IDE.I am trying to apply the knowledge I learned from 
reading your book to this example: http://code.google.com/docreader/#p(gwt-
google-apis)s(gwt-google-apis)t(MapsGettingStarted)I was succesful in 
implementing everything (which is basic) up to the section "Creating a 
small project using the google maps api. Initially I had problems before 
that, the lines that start with import weren't being recognized in 
Eclipse. However, I fix that problem by executing the following in Eclipse 
after I extracted gwt-maps.jar into a directory:  Window > Preferences. In 
the left part of the dialog box that comes up, I selected Java, Build 
Path, and User Libraries. This shows a list of the installed user 
libraries similar to the next figure. I click on the new button and 
created a name for the library. Then I right click on my project file in 
eclipse and added the library to the file.Well I used these instructions 
as an example to create and the add the library to my eclipse 
file:http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~simardr/ssj/eclipse.htmlNow back to the 
application, the tutorial mentions to use these commands in the command 
prompt in windows when starting to create the application which I found 
simple except for some weird lines: $ projectCreator -eclipse 
MapsTutorial -out MapsTutorial \
     -addToClassPath /usr/local/gwt-maps/gwt-maps.jar  $ 
applicationCreator -eclipse MapsTutorial -out MapsTutorial \
     -addToClassPath /usr/local/gwt-maps/gwt-maps.jar \
     -addModule com.google.gwt.maps.GoogleMaps \
     com.example.google.gwt.mapstutorial.client.MapsTutorial 
However, the $ , -addModule and the -addToClassPath was strange to me, and 
I didn't read it anywhere in your book or on google, so instead I used the 
following:projectCreator -eclipse MapsTutorial -out MapsTutorial  
applicationCreator -eclipse MapsTutorial -out MapsTutorial 
com.example.google.gwt.mapstutorial.client.MapsTutorial and then imported 
the project into eclipse with no problem as well as added the library as 
mentioned above using the gwt-map.jar files.Now the problem I had is after 
following the project example I needed to do the following:
Add an <inherits> entry to pull in the GWT Google APIs module for Google 
Maps. 
Add a reference to the Google Maps JavaScript API. 
Now I did everything like they ask, except I get an error concerning the 
inherits entry.It does't find or can't locate 
com.google.gwt.maps.GoogleMaps. But I believe the issue came before  when 
I ignore these two things because I didn't know what they were:-addModule-
addToClassPath I am using Eclipse and I am not experience with all of 
Eclipse capabilities but I think the problem lies with the fact that I 
need to do something or something needs to be added to the hosted 
classpath but I wasn't sure how to do that. I am trying to get the results 
to look like the MapsTutorial example provided by this 
link:http://code.google.com/docreader/#p(gwt-google-apis)s(gwt-google-apis)
t(MapsGettingStarted)

Workaround if you have one:

Links to the relevant GWT Developer Forum posts:
http://code.google.com/docreader/#p(gwt-google-apis)s(gwt-google-apis)t
(MapsGettingStarted)
Reported by SJCRSBBB on 2008-08-16 19:57:14
gwtproject / gwt

GWT using Google Maps API following an example #2771
