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Google Maps
ByGoogle MapsGoogle Maps

Google Maps

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What is Google Maps?

Create rich applications and stunning visualisations of your data, leveraging the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usability of Google Maps and a modern web platform that scales as you grow.

Google Maps is a tool in the API Tools category of a tech stack.

Key Features

Maps Image APIsPlaces APIWeb ServicesGoogle Earth APIMaps API LicensingGoogle Maps API for Work

Google Maps Pros & Cons

Pros of Google Maps

  • ✓Free
  • ✓Address input through maps api
  • ✓Sharable Directions
  • ✓Google Earth
  • ✓Unique
  • ✓Custom maps designing
  • ✓Eşya Depolama

Cons of Google Maps

  • ✗Google Attributions and logo
  • ✗Only map allowed alongside google place autocomplete

Google Maps Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Google Maps?

Leaflet

Leaflet

Leaflet is an open source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. It is developed by Vladimir Agafonkin of MapBox with a team of dedicated contributors. Weighing just about 30 KB of gzipped JS code, it has all the features most developers ever need for online maps.

Mapbox

Mapbox

We make it possible to pin travel spots on Pinterest, find restaurants on Foursquare, and visualize data on GitHub.

OpenLayers

OpenLayers

An opensource javascript library to load, display and render maps from multiple sources on web pages.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.

ArcGIS

ArcGIS

It is a geographic information system for working with maps and geographic information. It is used for creating and using maps, compiling geographic data, analyzing mapped information, sharing and much more.

Java Persistence API

Java Persistence API

It is a Java application programming interface specification that describes the management of relational data in applications using Java Platform, Standard Edition and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition.It provides a POJO persistence model for object-relational mapping.

Google Maps Integrations

Anvil, Nuclino, fancybox, SerpWatch, Elementor and 6 more are some of the popular tools that integrate with Google Maps. Here's a list of all 11 tools that integrate with Google Maps.

Anvil
Anvil
Nuclino
Nuclino
fancybox
fancybox
SerpWatch
SerpWatch
Elementor
Elementor
Rows
Rows
NetworkON
NetworkON
CronApp
CronApp
Ticimax
Ticimax
Scalefusion UEM
Scalefusion UEM
Camunda
Camunda

Google Maps Discussions

Discover why developers choose Google Maps. Read real-world technical decisions and stack choices from the StackShare community.

Andrew Watt
Andrew Watt

Jun 7, 2016

Needs adviceonGoogle MapsGoogle Maps

Google Map API integration used for a variety of purposes. Primarily displaying event markers based on address and GPS coordinates. Google Maps

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Robert Brown
Robert Brown

Co Founder

Apr 12, 2016

Needs adviceonGoogle MapsGoogle Maps

For basic proof of concept. Will switch to custom map layout later. Google Maps

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Bosse Küllenberg (CTO)
Bosse Küllenberg (CTO)

CTO at Youpooly Corp.

Jun 1, 2015

Needs adviceonGoogle MapsGoogle Maps

We need to integrate maps in mobile Apps and Web frontend to show where an event is taking place. Maps is best because of it's international availability and the google api with a feature to recursive search. Google Maps

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Tim Joseph Dumol
Tim Joseph Dumol

Lead Software Architect at Kalibrr

May 28, 2015

Needs adviceonGoogle MapsGoogle Maps

We use Google's geocoding and place services to figure out the geographical location of jobs and candidates, to best match them. Google Maps

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Tarun Singh
Tarun Singh

Jan 4, 2015

Needs adviceonGoogle MapsGoogle Maps

Used google map's heat map visualization to show top pickup or drop-off locations Google Maps

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