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Announcing marker clustering in the Google Maps SDK for iOS Utility Library

Monday, July 18, 2016

marker clusteringGoogle Maps SDK for iOS Utility LibraryiOSAndroidJavaScript

Add ‘Google-Maps-iOS-Utils’ to your Podfile

Instantiate the GMUClusterManager

Implement the GMUClusterItem protocol for your marker objects

Add the marker objects to the cluster manager

GMUClusterAlgorithmGMUClusterRendererGMUClusterIconGeneratordocumentationdemo samplesGoogle Maps SDK for iOS Utility Library

Posted by Megan Boundey, Product Manager, Google Maps Mobile APIs

I/O session live: Building geo services that scale

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Posted by Laurence Moroney, Developer Advocate at Google Building geo services that scale DSC_3206 (1).jpg

About Laurence: I am a Developer Advocate at Google, working on mobile services, specializing in cross-platform developer technologies. As the host of 'Coffee with a Googler' on the Google Developers channel I’m able to meet with some of those most creative and inspiring developers at Google and learn about the projects they’re leading. When I’m not Googling, I’m involved in many things, including working on the revival comics for the Stargate TV shows, and enjoying the geek cred that this brings.

Behind the Australian Elections Map: Mapping democracy in real-time

Friday, July 1, 2016

Google Maps APIsFirebaseGoogle App EngineGoogle Cloud ComputeAngular 2the Google Translation Toolkitthe election map

A polling place locator with searchable addresses, suburbs, and electorates

Directions and navigation to the polling places, accessible via the election map

Real-time election results once polling has closed and counting has started

The ability to share and embed maps.

UX mockup: map and fake election results using testing data

The pre-election mapGDALmapshaperpoint clustering library

Polling location information with address and directions intent

Day-of website visitorssausage sizzleDemocracy SausageSnagvotesFirebase Realtime Database

Autocomplete searches for polling locations

Google Maps Javascript API Places LibraryAutocompleteAfter 6pm on election nightAEC dataFirebase Realtime Database

About Taylah: I am an Associate Product Manager at Google’s Sydney office where I work on Google Maps for Android Auto. I love working on Google Maps as you get to help millions of people explore the world every day. When I’m not at work, I love exploring beautiful places, shopping in thrift stores, painting and spending time with my family and friends.

Marker zIndex and more come to the Google Maps Android API

Monday, June 27, 2016

Marker zIndexMarker zIndexissue trackerIssue 7762

animated image with cars moving over a plane

animated image with cars moving under a plane thanks to zIndex

Before: No control over the marker zIndex. The plane will be obscured by some of the cars.

After: The zIndex of the plane is set to be the highest. The plane is now always visible on top.

Tile overlay transparencytransparency of your tile overlayIssue 4765 Circle clickabilityOnCircleClickListenersetClickable(boolean) getMapAsync() now requiredwe deprecated getMap()getMapAsync()getMapAsync()getMap()getMap()doStuff()import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity; import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap; import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment; public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity { private GoogleMap mMap; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); mMap = ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMap(); doStuff(); } }getMap()getMapAsync()import android.os.Bundle; import android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity; import com.google.android.gms.maps.GoogleMap; import com.google.android.gms.maps.OnMapReadyCallback; import com.google.android.gms.maps.SupportMapFragment; public class MainActivity extends FragmentActivity implements OnMapReadyCallback { private GoogleMap mMap; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); ((SupportMapFragment) getSupportFragmentManager().findFragmentById(R.id.map)).getMapAsync(this); } @Override public void onMapReady(GoogleMap map) { mMap = map; doStuff(); } }OnMapReadyCallbackonMapReady()GoogleMapdoStuff()onMapReady()issue trackerrelease notes

Posted by Megan Boundey, Product Manager, Google Maps Mobile APIs.

Building for Scale: Updates to Google Maps APIs Standard Plan

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

unicornspassion projectspublic serviceStandard Plan limits and pricing

We no longer support keyless access (any request that doesn't include an API key). Future product updates are only available for requests made with an API key. API keys allow us to contact developers when required and help us identify misbehaving implementations.

We have implemented a simple 25,000 map loads per day free limit to new Google Maps JavaScript API, Static Maps API, and Street View Image API implementations. The confusing 90-consecutive-day grace period for these APIs is being retired on October 12, 2016. With this change, developers can predictably plan for growth while media sites and US nonprofits can request more quota at no charge via our dedicated support programs.

We have reduced the daily map load maximum limit you can purchase for Google Maps JavaScript API, Static Maps API, and Street View Image API from 1,000,000 to 100,000 requests per API.* We believe higher-volume developers are best served with a Premium Plan license, which includes technical support and a Service Level Agreement, and with this change we've also created consistency between Standard Plan quotas across our maps and web service APIs.

We now count Google Maps JavaScript API client-side requests towards the daily limit of the associated web service API.*

Policy Update for Standard Plan summaryPosted by Ken Hoetmer, Product Manager, Google Maps APIs
* Exceptions may apply for implementations that were exceeding new quotas prior to June 22, 2016.

Learn about developing geo applications over coffee with Ankur Kotwal and Ken Hoetmer

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Posted by Laurence Moroney, Developer Advocate at GoogleSanta TrackerBeta program

Learn about developing Geo applications over Coffee with Ankur Kotwal

iOSAndroidRoads APIDirections API
Google Maps APIs and Coffee with Product Manager Ken Hoetmer

More descriptive JavaScript console error messages

Thursday, June 16, 2016

Posted by Kosuke Mizubayashi, Technical Solutions Engineer at Google

Give developers more descriptive error messages

Provide developers with a suggested solution to resolve the error

Avoid popups for displaying error messages

Create a positive experience for end-users in the event an error occurs

How do developers usually use the JavaScript console? When? Why?
What happened when users saw the old error messages?

What do developers and users see now?developer documentation JS Console error message.png

About Kosuke: I’ve been a Technical Solutions Engineer at Google for 6 years. I enjoy working on the Google Maps APIs because there is always a new discovery on maps. Outside of Google, I love beer, especially after skiing in the mountains.

Maps APIs Blog

Announcing marker clustering in the Google Maps SDK for iOS Utility Library

I/O session live: Building geo services that scale

Behind the Australian Elections Map: Mapping democracy in real-time

Marker zIndex and more come to the Google Maps Android API

Building for Scale: Updates to Google Maps APIs Standard Plan

Learn about developing geo applications over coffee with Ankur Kotwal and Ken Hoetmer

More descriptive JavaScript console error messages

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