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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

An `InfoWindow` object adds a popup window over the map at a given location and is used to display content. The info window has a content area and a tapered stem with the tip attached to some specific location on the map. An info window is usually attached to a marker or to some specific latitude and longitude.

Introduction

Maps Embed API and its Different Modes

Maps JS API Basics

Controls and Interactions

Events

Drawing on the Map

Conclusion

Appendix

Info Windows