Google Geo Developers Blog: 2018

Introducing Google Maps Platform

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Posted by the Google Maps Platform teamopened upride to workbest schools for our childrennew place to live

Streamlined products to create new location-based experiencesOne pricing plan, free support, and a single consoleScale easily as you grow Guide for Existing Usersproject

The real world as your playground: Build real-world games with Google Maps APIs

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Posted by Clementine Jacoby, Product Manager, Google Maps APIs

Completely customize your games

“With Google Maps data integrated into Unity, we were able to focus our time and energy on building detailed virtual experiences for our users to find virtual dinosaurs in the real world.” - Alexandre Thabet, CEO, Ludia
Create immersive experiences all over the globe

"We are excited to partner with Google to provide the most up-to-date and rich location data to enable us to create an immersive experience tied to your location. When new buildings or roads are built, we’ll have access to them in our game. Google Maps’ unrivalled location data, covering world-famous landmarks, businesses and buildings, like the Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, London Eye, Burj Khalifa, and India Gate, makes exploring your surroundings a breathtaking experience,” said Teemu Huuhtanen, CEO, Next Games
Design rich and engaging games in the real world"Building game interactions around real-world places at global scale and finding places that are relevant to users and fun to play is challenging. Google Maps APIs helped us incorporate the real-world, user relevant locations into our game. Users from all over the world can experience the Ghostbusters virtual world through our game, leveraging Google's location data." - HAN Sung Jin, CEO, FourThirtyThree Inc.(4:33)
Deliver game experiences at Google-scaleweb pagecontact sales

Updated basemap style for Google Maps APIs

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Posted by Rose Yao, Director Product, Google Maps APIslook and feel

New basemap with an updated color scheme and typography

An updated pin style marks points of interest on the map in place of the previous circular icons

Different colors and icons reflecting categories of points of interest (Food & Drink, Shopping, Transport, etc.)

Existing design

New design

Timelineopt-in today

API	Estimated opt-in launch	Tracking issue
Google Maps SDK for iOS	13 February	Issue 72853293
Google Places API for iOS	13 February	Issue 72853629
Google Maps JavaScript API	14 February (version 3.32)	Issue 72848644
Google Static Maps API	Mid February	Issue 72852782
Google Maps Android API	April	Issue 72780606
Google Places API for Android	May	Issue 72970562

Maps APIs Blog

Introducing Google Maps Platform

The real world as your playground: Build real-world games with Google Maps APIs

Updated basemap style for Google Maps APIs

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