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Do you think you have the programming chops to impress some of the biggest names in the open public data movement? Google is offering up the application programming interface (API) that powers its ...

Google has launched its Places API for Android and opened a beta program for it on iOS today. It will allow developers to add better location pickers to their apps, so users can specify where they are ...

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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 Mitchell ...

Google is putting its best foot forward for those accessing its Places API. To provide better search results, the Places API is now integrated with Maps results. Developers have been requesting that ...

Google Play Service’s Location APIs give you an easy way of displaying the user’s current location, but there’s only so much value you can get out of a “You Are Here”-style marker on a Google Map! The ...

As part of its Google I/O developer conference today, Google is offering some updates on its Google Places API for iOS as well as future updates arriving for its Maps app. The Google Places API for ...

When you tell someone where you are in the world, you rarely give out your longitude and latitude (unless your name is Walter White). That's because you probably don't know it, can't find it, or just ...

Google’s new Places API will solve many issues with maps and map data on Android. Not only will it fix many issues such as getting a friend or family members location sent to you as latitude and ...

Google has released a new Google Maps tool that allows developers to ground their apps with the latest available data.

As part of its Google I/O developer conference today, Google is offering some updates on its Google Places API for iOS as well as future updates arriving for its Maps app. The Google Places API for ...