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A New Look For The Red Pin On Maps JavaScript, Android And iOS

Over the years, the default marker, represented by the red pin has become an iconic part of the Google Maps experience, and as the pin has evolved, we’ve brought those same changes to Google Maps Platform. Now, we’re bringing the newest version of the pin to the Maps JavaScript API and the Maps SDKs for Android and iOS. Starting next week, the new pin will roll out across all surfaces as the default marker. Existing default marker New default marker No action is required for you to use the new pin design, and this update will only affect the ‘default’…
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How Tens Of Thousands Of Japanese Found Their Way To COVID-19 Vaccination Centers With The Help Of Navagis And Google Maps Platform

Editor’s Note: David Moore, Founder and CEO of Navagis, shares his story of teaming up with the Google Maps Platform team to help people across Japan get vaccinated amid COVID-19 pandemic. The roots of Navagis go back to Hurricane Katrina, when I led an Army Corps of Engineers team that deployed 3D mapping technologies with Google Earth to respond to critical needs on the U.S. Gulf Coast. As a Google Cloud Premier Partner we work across various industries and organizational types to solve location intelligence challenges with our software solutions. The experience taught me how powerful mapping insights can be in protecting…
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Richer Data Visualization On Google Maps Platform Using deck.gl

Today at Google Cloud Next, we are showcasing the release of the newest open source data visualization library deck.gl version 8.6. Thanks to a close collaboration between our friends at the location intelligence platform CARTO, the vis.gl Technical Steering Committee (TSC), and teams from Google Maps Platform and Google Cloud, this release adds deep integration of deck.gl with the WebGL Overlay View feature of the Maps JavaScript API. Now you can take advantage of the wide variety of beautiful, insightful 2D and 3D visualizations offered by deck.gl to create a new level of mapping experiences with your data. Examples of different visualizations made…
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Built With The Google Maps Platform Gaming Solution

On June 15, 2020 we announced the general availability of the Google Maps Platform Gaming solution, including the Maps SDK for Unity and Playable Locations API, to officially bring our knowledge of the world to all games built with Unity for the first time. The goal of the Gaming solution is to enable developers to build real-world and location-based games that create immersive experiences for players. In some games, such as The Walking Dead: Our World by Next Games, this meant creating gameplay that takes players out into the real world. In others, such as the recently released PAC-MAN GEO™ by BANDAI NAMCO, Entertainment Inc., this meant…
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How Google Maps Platform Partners Are Responding To COVID-19

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we noticed many of our technology partners and solution providers started offering their services for free, or began to work even more closely with their customers to develop solutions designed to help inform and support communities. Today we’re sharing a few examples of these partners and their customers who are helping drive innovation and creative projects to help people during these times. Web Geo Services Web Geo Services, a Google Cloud Premier Partner with a focus in location innovation, works with customers across the retail, logistics, finance, transport and hospitality sectors. They created…
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Google I/O 2019 | Google Maps Platform: A Deep Dive on Building for Performance and Scale

Google I/O 2019 | Google Maps Platform: A Deep Dive on Building for Performance and Scale Over the past 10+ years, the technologies that drive how we build (and how you use) the Google Maps Platform have changed dramatically. In this session, you’ll be reintroduced to building with Google Maps Platform by taking a deep look at implementations that exemplify best practices. You’ll learn strategies for how to use the Maps APIs to work with large-scale data, and tips to implement our improvements to custom styling.   Speaker: Travis McPhail Session ID: T16CB2
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