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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]
The first tiled web maps used raster tiles, before the emergence of vector tiles. There are several advantages to tiled maps. Each time the user pans, most of the tiles are still relevant, and can be kept displayed, while new tiles are fetched. This greatly improves the user experience, compared to fetching a single map image for the whole ...
Although initially only a JavaScript API, the Maps API was expanded to include an API for Adobe Flash applications (but this has been deprecated), a service for retrieving static map images, and web services for performing geocoding, generating driving directions, and obtaining elevation profiles.
Directions Feature Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz OpenStreetMap Here WeGo Apple Maps Yandex Maps; Directions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes [14] Yes – by car, foot, public transport Yes Yes Reverse directions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes, third-party [15] Yes Yes Yes Public transport integration Yes, limited to certain areas Yes, limited to certain areas ...
On 22 August 2011, a first version of GTFS-rt was released by Google. [3] This data was shown to Google Maps users. [4] In July 2012, Google Maps began showing alerts from GTFS-rt. [5] A proposal that was created on July 28, 2015 and merged on Aug 15, 2015 allowed the combination of several feed entity types into a single feed. [6]
The standard style for OpenStreetMap, like most Web maps, uses the Web Mercator projection. Web Mercator, Google Web Mercator, Spherical Mercator, WGS 84 Web Mercator [1] or WGS 84/Pseudo-Mercator is a variant of the Mercator map projection and is the de facto standard for Web mapping applications. It rose to prominence when Google Maps adopted ...
Blurred intentionally on Bing Maps. [15] Rendered in lower resolution on Google Maps and Mapquest. Heliport [16] in El Ejido: Spain: Square blurred on Google and Bing. Visible e.g. in HERE WeGo and Yandex.
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 popular browser based game, users are shown an image from Google Street View and must guess the location.