maps - Grant Winney

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Dec 22, 2017

Accessing directions, timezones, coordinates and more with the Google Maps API

Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days, I checked into the Google Maps API. It a series of APIs - for Android, iOS, web, etc - and each is focused on a small set of tasks. At first it seemed a bit overwhelming, but each of them is easy to use. I'll pick a few out to play around with....

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