The new Google Maps Embed API will make it even easier for Webmasters to place Google Maps into Web pages for use by site visitors, according to Google.

Google today released a set of improvements to the Google Maps APIs for developers looking to use transit directions in their Android apps.

The Maps apps war between Google, Apple and Nokia continues as Google makes its maps even more user-friendly on Android mobile devices.

Google Maps has long been a developer platform where third-parties can build off Google’s location services and data. Today, Google is launching its “next generation” version, beginning with ...

On July 16, Google Maps is going to make it more difficult and expensive to use its API, which could make custom maps that rely on the service less sustainable or even unfeasible for the people ...

Google announced a few upgrades and new features to its Maps and Places APIs during the Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday. On the API front, Google Maps’ Product Manager Thor ...

Public transit data, a key piece of the Google Maps experience, will soon find its way into third-party applications as the map-making experts at Google have just added transit to its Maps API.

With all the hullabaloo around Apple’s efforts in the mapping realm, Google got a nice little free PR kickback for the quality of its own Maps offering. Even the most cynical of anti-Googlers ...

Google has announced it will open its Maps APIs to video game developers, which could result in far more realistic settings in augmented reality games. With access to real-time map updates and rich ...

Google has released three Google Maps application programming interfaces (APIs) for developers to map solar potential, air quality and pollen levels.