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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

## The `view` map mode

The `view` mode will display a map with no markers or directions. It won’t focus on any one place in particular. The base URL of this map mode looks like this: 

`https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/view?key=API_KEY&PARAMETERS`

Unlike the `place` mode, the view mode requires the `center` parameter, which accepts comma-separated latitude and longitude values. For example, the values `40.689247,-74.0445025` refer to the Statue of Liberty.


# The `view` map mode

The `view` mode will display a map with no markers or directions. It won’t focus on any one place in particular. The base URL of this map mode looks like this: 

`https://www.google.com/maps/embed/v1/view?key=API_KEY&PARAMETERS`

Unlike the `place` mode, the view mode requires the `center` parameter, which accepts comma-separated latitude and longitude values. For example, the values `40.689247,-74.0445025` refer to the Statue of Liberty.


Learn how to use the view map mode on an embedded map.

Introduction

Maps Embed API and its Different Modes

Maps JS API Basics

Controls and Interactions

Events

Drawing on the Map

Conclusion

Appendix

The view Map Mode

The `view` map mode