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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.

A Beginner's Guide to the Google Maps API

## Embed a map

The Maps Embed API embeds a map in a web page without JavaScript. Different map modes can be integrated based on specific use cases. This lessons covers everything needed to start embedding maps into applications.

Thanks to the Maps Embed API, ann interactive map can be placed on a web page using an HTTP request. Therefore, the Maps Embed API URL can simply be set as the `src` attribute of any `iframe`. 

# Embed a map

The Maps Embed API embeds a map in a web page without JavaScript. Different map modes can be integrated based on specific use cases. This lessons covers everything needed to start embedding maps into applications.

Thanks to the Maps Embed API, ann interactive map can be placed on a web page using an HTTP request. Therefore, the Maps Embed API URL can simply be set as the `src` attribute of any `iframe`. 

Learn how to place a map on a web page using an HTTP request.

Introduction

Maps Embed API and its Different Modes

Maps JS API Basics

Controls and Interactions

Events

Drawing on the Map

Conclusion

Appendix

Embed Maps on Web Pages

Embed a map