Microsoft has launched the public preview of the Azure Maps Geocode Autocomplete API to modernize location intelligence ...

With all this API stuff happening lately, maybe Google's next move will be to disable the maps API altogether (yes, this is sarcasm, but who saw the Search API discontinuation coming?) Update: A ...

Google’s Maps Engine, its enterprise-focused service for developers who need to be able to create their own maps based on custom data, launched about two years ago and has been available commercially ...

Not too long ago, if you were traveling to a new or unfamiliar place then you had to bring a physical map along with you, or at the very least do some research beforehand and be prepared to ask for ...

When Google released Google Maps for iOS in December, it also announced an SDK that iOS developers could use to implement Google Maps in their apps rather than Apple's mapping solution. Tonight, ...

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 ...

The Google Maps API has been a mess when it comes to pricing. The company is making moves to clean that up with a newly announced pay-as-you-go model. Here’s what the team said today about it: In this ...

Google has introduced a new API for its Maps Engine, touted to enable developers to build "endless kinds of applications" all while hosted in the Internet giant's cloud. To recall, The Maps Engine is ...

Ever since we did the posts on historical imagery density we have been looking for a way to map parts of the earth that do not yet have historical imagery. Sadly, the Google Earth plugin does not ...

As we have mentioned before, the maximum zoom available in Google Maps varies between 7 and 22. However, if we correct for the magnification at the poles, the minimum becomes 9. Below you can see ...