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My Maps is a feature in Google Maps launched in April 2007 that enables users to create custom maps for personal use or sharing. Users can add points, lines, shapes, notes and images on top of Google Maps using a WYSIWYG editor. [101]
PNG is a lossless, truecolor image format. It is good for all maps and particularly for maps with more than 256 colours. As a pixel-based image, it is more difficult than an SVG image to edit. Some uploaders prefer to work with SVG and then upload a PNG version. SVG is vector graphics format, which has three main advantages:
If you are a new user, read through the website's walkthrough for how to edit. Find an existing reliable source for the shape (e.g. park or historic district boundaries as posted on a government website) Align the map to the area you want to edit. Click 'Edit' by the website banner.
MapTiler was one of the companies pioneering map tile implementation. [3] It started as an open source software product in 2008 used by libraries to turn digitised paper maps into tiled web maps. [4] MapTiler converts data into tiles that can be used as a slippy map on a website. [5] A set of tiles is created for each zoom level along with an ...
The Google Earth API was a free beta service, allowing users to place a version of Google Earth into web pages. The API enabled sophisticated 3D map applications to be built. [ 84 ] At its unveiling at Google's 2008 I/O developer conference, the company showcased potential applications such as a game where the player controlled a milktruck atop ...
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OpenStreetMap (abbreviated OSM) is a free, open map database updated and maintained by a community of volunteers via open collaboration. [4] Contributors collect data from surveys, trace from aerial photo imagery or satellite imagery, and import from other freely licensed geodata sources.
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 ...