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A Beginner's Guide to the Google Maps API
Gain insights into Google Maps APIs, specifically Embed Maps and Maps JavaScript API. Learn about drawing, events, and controls to develop interactive web applications with engaging maps.
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33 Lessons
1h 24min
Join 2.9 million developers at
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Learn about the Google Maps API.
- Learn how you can embed Google Maps to your webpages.
- Learn to make interactive web applications using the Maps JS API.
- Learn about the key maps concepts like events, controls, and map interactions.
Learning Roadmap
1.
Introduction
Introduction
Get familiar with integrating and customizing interactive Google Maps using APIs and setting up API credentials.
2.
Maps Embed API and its Different Modes
Maps Embed API and its Different Modes
Look at embedding interactive maps in web pages via various Google Maps API modes.
3.
Maps JS API Basics
Maps JS API Basics
4 Lessons
4 Lessons
Go hands-on with creating, localizing, and customizing various types of maps using the Google Maps API.
4.
Controls and Interactions
Controls and Interactions
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
Break down the steps to manage, disable, customize, and position Google Maps API controls.
5.
Events
Events
2 Lessons
2 Lessons
Take a closer look at handling events in the Google Maps API to enhance interactivity.
6.
Drawing on the Map
Drawing on the Map
10 Lessons
10 Lessons
Follow the process of adding and customizing overlays, markers, and shapes on Google Maps.
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ABOUT THIS COURSE
Google Maps is one of the most utilized services in the world. Its APIs are among the best available for creating interactive digital maps. There’s a wide range of use cases for maps, including ride-hailing apps, looking up new restaurants, and even checking out the traffic situation on roads.
In this course, you’ll be introduced to two of Google Maps’s most utilized APIs: Embed Maps API and Maps JavaScript API. Through examples and code exercises, you will master key concepts of Google Maps development, including drawing, events, controls, and interactions.
By the end of this course, you’ll be ready to create impressive web applications with unique and interactive maps.
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