title: is it possible to use the google.maps api library on the node.js server side?
body: <p>I am working on google map application which uses the google map version3 api, in particular the utility methods in google.maps.geometry.encoding, such as decodePath, encodePath, computeDistanceBetween, interpolate, in order to compute where the places</p>
  
  <p>In the 1st version of web app, much of application logic is on the web broswer, and now I want to move some logic to the node.js based server. however, since the application depends on google api, I wonder is there a way that I can still use google map api on the node.js server</p>
  
  <p>thanks in advance</p>