New Happy Tenth Birthday Google Maps
Google Maps is x years erstwhile today. On eighth February 2005 Google Maps was released inwards the USA. Initially Google Maps alone provided an interactive slippy map of the U.S. of A. of America merely other countries were shortly added to the map (by 2006 Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, together with around cities inwards the Republic of Ireland).
In early on Apr 2005 Paul Rademacher released the real get-go Google Maps hack - HousingMaps. Paul's mashup of Google Maps together with aeroplane together with housing listings from Craigslist proved that Google Maps could endure much to a greater extent than than a useful online map merely could also endure a tool for amazing information visualizations.
Google embraced Paul's hack of Google Maps together with inwards June 2005, Google released the Google Maps API. The Maps API provided a JavaScript library that enabled anyone to purpose Google Maps on their ain websites.
Ten years subsequently Google Maps together with the Google Maps API are yet going strong. However Google does straightaway facial expression upward much tougher competition. Apple Maps, Bing Maps, Here Maps together with OpenStreetMap render keen alternatives to Google Maps. On the JavaScript mapping forepart Mapbox, Leaflet.js, Esri together with other mapping libraries look to accept much to a greater extent than active evolution communities straightaway than the Google Maps API.
Most of the evolution inwards Google Maps together with the Maps API straightaway seems focused on mobile devices. So where volition Google Maps endure inwards around other x years? I brand no predictions, except to tell that I mean value Google Maps volition likely yet endure i of the marketplace lay leaders merely volition likely non savour the almost monopolistic lay it has held over the concluding x years. I'm less confident almost the Google Maps API, every bit it seems to endure fast becoming an irrelevance inwards the basis of map development.
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