Over ten years ago, we wrote our first post on our Geo Developers blog , and today we’re sharing our new location for the Google Maps Platform blog . Our new home will continue to provide the l...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/11/weve-moved-come-visit-us.html
Posted by Ethan Welty, Co-founder, Falling Fruit Editor’s note: Today’s post comes from Ethan Welty, Co-founder of Falling Fruit , a nonprofit that helps city dwellers harvest for food in ...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/07/falling-fruit-helps-urbanites-forage.html
Posted by Simon Banton, “Hengemaster,” Stonehenge Barrow Map Editor’s note: Today’s post comes from Simon Banton: software professional, Stonehenge enthusiast, and creator of the Stone...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/06/how-google-maps-helps-amateur-and.html
Posted by Alison Cohen, Senior Director of Programs, WhyHunger EDITOR'S NOTE: Today’s blog is the first in a series of posts highlighting our support for Google public programs. Eligible nonp...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/06/how-whyhunger-uses-google-maps-to.html
Posted by Amit Litsur, Product Manager, Google Maps Platform Google is committed to supporting organizations with public programs that provide access to our products, people and resources. We'r...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/06/expanded-support-for-google-public.html
Posted by the Google Maps Platform team On May 2 , we announced changes including our new simplified Maps, Routes, and Places products as well as a new pricing plan to make our products easier ...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/06/new-plan-changes-going-into-effect-july.html
Posted by the Google Maps Platform team It’s been thirteen years since we opened up Google Maps to your creativity and passion. Since then, it's been exciting to see how you've transformed y...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/05/introducing-google-maps-platform.html
Posted by Clementine Jacoby, Product Manager, Google Maps APIs The mobile gaming landscape is changing as more and more studios develop augmented reality games. In order to mix realities, develo...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/03/the-real-world-as-your-playground-build.html
Posted by Rose Yao, Director Product, Google Maps APIs Google Maps APIs will soon be updated with a new look and feel to provide an experience in line with the recent updates to Google Maps. La...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2018/02/updated-basemap-style-for-google-maps.html
Posted by Christophe Hardy, Manager of Social Business at Toyota Motor Europe Editor’s note: Today’s post is from Christophe Hardy, Toyota Motor Europe’s Manager of Social Business. He’l...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/11/with-google-maps-apis-toyota-europe.html
Back in 2012, we launched the Place Add / Delete feature in the Google Places API to enable applications to instantly update the information in Google Maps’ database for their own users, as we...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/06/removing-place-add-delete-radar-search.html
Last week at Google I/O we announced Google Maps URLs, a new way for developers to link directly to Google Maps from any app. Over one billion people use the Google Maps apps and sites every mont...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/05/get-your-users-where-they-need-to-go-on.html
Posted by Ken Nevarez, Solutions Architect for Google Maps APIs Particle and Google Maps make it easy for IoT devices to identify their location without the use of a GPS. With a single line of c...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/05/google-maps-and-particle-partner-to.html
Every day, millions of people search on Google for places to eat and drink and many click to see the menu before making a decision. In fact, the Google search interest in "menu" related queries h...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/04/introducing-structured-menus-in-google.html
Posted by Kasia Derc-Fenske, Technical Solutions Engineer Manager, Google Cloud and Jesse Scherer, Technical Program Manager, Cloud Platform Support Starting today, we’re working on facilitati...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/03/a-new-issue-tracker-for-google-maps-apis.html
Next 2017 is just a few days away and we’re looking forward to three days of insightful conversations, amazing technology and, of course, beautiful San Francisco. This year, Google Maps APIs bu...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/03/google-maps-apis-sessions-at-google.html
Until recently, our docs have focused on describing features rather than telling a story. We chatted to some developers and came up with a new design for our tutorials. We’d love to know what y...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/02/do-you-like-new-look-of-maps-apis.html
Polygons, polylines and ground overlays are useful tools to make your maps work for your users. Today we are rolling out even more custom styling and data object association features in the Googl...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/02/styling-and-custom-data-for-polylines.html
Editors Note: Google Earth Enterprise (GEE) launched on GitHub on March 23, 2017. You can also get more information on the GEE project site created by our partners. Posted by Avnish Bhatnagar,...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/01/open-sourcing-google-earth-enterprise.html
Posted by Aditya Tendulkar, Product Manager, Google My Business Today we are introducing business location insights in the Google My Business API to make it easier for third-party application de...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2017/01/introducing-insights-in-google-my.html
Posted by Ken Nevarez, Industry Solutions Lead at Google GPS is the workhorse of location based services, but there are use cases where you may want to avoid the cost and power consumption of GP...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2016/12/geolocation-and-firebase-for-internet.html
Forward Geocoding is the process of converting addresses (like a street address) into geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude), which you can use to place markers on a map or position the ...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2016/11/address-geocoding-in-google-maps-apis.html
If you’re building a website today, your users are more likely to view it on a mobile device than on a desktop or laptop. Google has plenty of resources to help developers make their websites s...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2016/11/smart-scrolling-comes-to-mobile-web-maps.html
Originally posted on the Google Developers blog . Posted by Israel Shalom, Product Manager Here at Google, we’re serving more than a hundred APIs to ensure that developers have the resources ...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2016/10/key-improvements-for-your-maps-api.html
One of the best parts of my job at Google is 20 percent time. While I was hired to help developers use Google’s APIs, I value the time I'm afforded to be a student myself—to learn new technol...
http://mapsplatform.googleblog.com/2016/09/a-sizzling-open-source-release-for.html