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Yes - routing with directions Yes No Map types 6: map with traffic data (separate transit and bicycle view), satellite with traffic data (3D LiDar for certain places not present in most places), hybrid 9: road, satellite, hybrid, bird's eye, traffic, 3D, London street map, ordnance survey map, venue map 3: road, satellite, traffic
Google Maps API, now called Google Maps Platform, hosts about 17 different APIs, which are themed under the following categories: Maps, Places and Routes. [ 127 ] After the success of reverse-engineered mashups such as chicagocrime.org and housingmaps.com, Google launched the Google Maps API in June 2005 [ 128 ] to allow developers to integrate ...
The APIs provide functionality like analytics, machine learning as a service (the Prediction API) or access to user data (when permission to read the data is given). Another important example is an embedded Google map on a website, which can be achieved using the Static Maps API, [1] Places API [2] or Google Earth API. [3]
Google Maps Navigation is a mobile application developed by Google for the Android and iOS operating systems that later integrated into the Google Maps mobile app. The application uses an Internet connection to a GPS navigation system to provide turn-by-turn voice-guided instructions on how to arrive at a given destination. [1]
Web maps require the internet to host, so they are subject to link rot, making information inaccessible. [37] Unlike physical maps, this can have major impacts on the historical record if the web map is the only source for the data it presents. Web mapping is also used in geography games, notably of which is GeoGuessr.
A GPX file's main components include waypoints, routes, and tracks: A waypoint (wptType) consists of the WGS 84 (GPS) coordinates of a point and possibly other descriptive information. A route (rteType) is an ordered list of routepoints (or waypoints representing a series of significant turn or stage points) leading to a destination. [3]
A tiled web map, slippy map [1] (in OpenStreetMap terminology) or tile map is a map displayed in a web browser by seamlessly joining dozens of individually requested image or vector data files. It is the most popular way to display and navigate maps, replacing other methods such as Web Map Service (WMS) which typically display a single large ...
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