Google is launching a major update to its Google Maps API platform for developers today — and it’s also giving it a new name: the Google Maps Platform. This is one of the biggest changes to the ...

Google has released three Google Maps application programming interfaces (APIs) for developers to map solar potential, air quality and pollen levels. The three APIs apply artificial intelligence (AI) ...

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A new set of two API releases for developers will soon have 3rd party apps working with Google Maps features that will allow them to be location aware – with location information not just relegated to ...

On July 16, Google Maps is going to make it more difficult and expensive to use its API, which could make custom maps that rely on the service less sustainable or even unfeasible for the people who ...

Google Maps APIs Gaming was just announced for game developers around the world. With these keys to Google Maps, developers have access to the most vital component of the most successful mobile game ...

Google today released a set of improvements to the Google Maps APIs for developers looking to use transit directions in their Android apps. Specifically, users can now receive fare info where ...

Google offered some details about its plan to rate-limit the Google Maps API in a statement posted yesterday on the company’s Geo Developers blog. Developers who exceed the rate limits will have to ...

Yesterday we showed you a map of the maximum available zoom level found in Google Maps. If you don’t already have it, download this KML file to view it in Google Earth. Today we are looking at general ...