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What is Google Maps API?

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What is Google Maps API?

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I am sure you have seen maps embedded in web pages. Those maps are typically interactive and let you zoom in, pan and zero in on relevant information. Well, one way to deploy those maps to a web page is using the Google Maps API. The Google Maps API is a JavaScript based Web 2.0 technology that lets us embed Google Maps on a web page. It is a set of programming interfaces that enable us to draw maps, add content to them and draw shapes on those maps. The API also lets us query the Google servers to find addresses and data like Latitude and Longitude. The maps that Google Maps draws are easy-to-use interactive maps that enhance your customer’s experience and provide access to your data to help them make decisions to purchase or contact you. Google Maps API comes in two flavors: Google Maps and Google Maps Premier. Google Maps is the free version of the Google Maps API. It is useful if you are serving a low volume of public content. Google Maps Premier is a paid version of the API that s