Google Geo Developers Blog: September 2016

A sizzling open source release for the Australian Election site

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

ausvotes.withgoogle.comElection AU 2016 repository

Go from Google App Engine instances to serve the appropriate level of detail for users' viewport queries from memory at very low latency, and

Dart to render the live result maps on top of Google Maps JavaScript API using Firebase real time database updates.

406,000 people used our maps, including 217,000 on election day.

We had 139 stories in the media.

Our map was also embedded in major news websites, such as Sky News.

Github README

Posted by Brett Morgan, Developer Programs Engineer

Custom map styling with the Google Maps APIs on Android and iOS

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Your app, your map style. For iOS and Android.

Easily create your styleGoogle Maps APIs Styling Wizard

Use the styling wizard for point and click custom style creation.

Show what’s important, hide the rest AndroidiOSJavaScript Style once, use on any platformAndroidiOSJavaScript

Custom styles now work on native iOS and Android apps as well as the web.

AndroidiOSAndroidiOSJavaScript A big thank youissue trackerTwitterG+

Posted by Megan Boundey, Product Manager, Google Maps Mobile APIs

Making the most of the Google Maps Web Service APIs

Thursday, September 15, 2016

PythonJavaGoNode.jsPlaces API for AndroidPlaces API for iOSElevation

Requests are sent at the default rate limit for each web service, but of course this is configurable.

The client libraries will automatically retry any request if the API sends a 5xx error. Retries use exponential back-off, which helps in the event of intermittent failures.

The client libraries make it easy to authenticate with your freely available API Key. Google Maps APIs Premium Plan customers can alternatively use their client ID and secret.

The Java and Go libraries return native objects for each of the API responses. The Python and Node.js libraries return the structure as it is received from the API.

Google App EngineBuilding geo services that scaledocumentationClient Libraries for Google Maps Web ServicesJavaPythonGoNode.js

Posted by Brett Morgan, Developer Programs Engineer

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A sizzling open source release for the Australian Election site

Custom map styling with the Google Maps APIs on Android and iOS

Making the most of the Google Maps Web Service APIs

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