Google today released a set of improvements to the Google Maps APIs for developers looking to use transit directions in their Android apps. Specifically, users can now receive fare info where ...

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 ...

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Google Maps is good at telling you roughly how long it will take you to get to your next destination — even days or weeks in advance. But in a blog post released today, it announced that it is ...

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Google is launching a major update to its Google Maps API platform for developers today — and it’s also giving it a new name: the Google Maps Platform. This is one of the biggest changes to the ...

Google started sharing success stories from customers using Google Maps APIs and the company’s other location-based solutions to build new businesses or improve their existing products and services.

Public transit data, a key piece of the Google Maps experience, will soon find its way into third-party applications as the map-making experts at Google have just added transit to its Maps API. Now ...

A new set of two API releases for developers will soon have 3rd party apps working with Google Maps features that will allow them to be location aware – with location information not just relegated to ...

Google Maps appears to have hit a bump in the road with signs that its Engine is starting to slow down. Google Maps is getting a coupons and deals infusion in a move that will become increasingly ...

Google Maps is partially down this morning with the outage particularly impacting its website and APIs for third-party applications that use Google’s location ...