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 ...

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 ...

You need to sign up for a Maps API key which, in turn, requires signing up for a Google account. We expect to see a lot of Web Applications use this service — if you see any you think are particularly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...