I want to use Google maps API. I looked at: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/places/ and I saw that there are different APIs:
The Google Places API
The Google Places-Autocomplete API
The Google Maps JavaScript API v3, and more
Can I use all of them in Eclipse with JavaScript? Or only the Google Maps JavaScript API v3?
Does the Google Maps JavaScript API v3 include the the Google Places API and the Google Places-Autocomplete API?
You should definitely use v3 - the others are deprecated and at some point will not be supported and may not even be available.
From https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/places:
The Places service is contained within a self-contained library,
separate from the main Maps API JavaScript code.
You just need to include another script reference to get the additional Places library, and it includes Places Autocomplete.
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=places&sensor=true_or_false"></script>
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What's the api behind the google maps search box? Is there server side API from google services which third party can use?
Thanks
For the "seach box" on http://maps.google.com (not the Google Maps Javascript API v3 SearchBox), there is no API that exposes that complete functionality. It is a combination of the Geocoding API, the Places API and other proprietary Google search results
Is the link below a valid web api for google maps
http://cbk0.google.com/
I use that link to get a xml values for certain location(lat and long) to check if there is a web view available.
For example:
http://cbk0.google.com/cbk?output=xml&ll=22.33419,114.145635
If that link is valid. It is free to use it? what I mean here is if it has limit on how many times is allowed to access to that web service. I saw this page https://developers.google.com/places/web-service/usage#usage_limits stating that only 1000 is limit for 24 hours. Is it applicable for that link?
Usage limits apply to the following Maps APIs as already answered in Which Google Maps APIs have usage limits?:
Google Maps JavaScript API
Google Static Maps API
Google Street View Image API
Google Maps Directions API
Google Maps Distance Matrix API
Google Maps Elevation API
Google Maps Geocoding API
Google Maps Geolocation API
Google Maps Roads API
Google Maps Time Zone API
Since Google Maps Geofences is deprecated, what could be the other alternative to mark the geofences on a google map and check if coordinates are inside or outside of fence?
Google Maps Geofence is now only available on Android implementations. If you want to, you can checkout the documentation on how you can implement it using Android.
Otherwise, I found this Google Maps Javascript implementation on github which uses polygons that acts like geofences. Maybe you can use this as a guide in building your application.
I notice you can enable sign-in with the Google Maps V3 API. I wondered, is it possible to display a map created under a users My Maps service on a map configured through the V3 API?
I'm not so sure it is possible having had a hunt around on the web, so thought I'd ask here.
Thanks
According to the KML files on Google Maps, you can upload a KML file to my maps and at the same time, Google Maps v3 API.
but there is no mention about displaying my maps directly on v3.
However you can try figure out how to get mid and lid programmatically and regenerate the share url.
Does anyone have a good reference for the new google maps parameters. It seems maps are now in the format
https://www.google.com/maps/#40.07304,-74.724323,8z
Where the first two parameters are the LAT and LONG, the third is the zoom level. Are there other parameters to customize such as a marker location.
Could not find any official documentation from Google, but the Moz Blog has a description on the new Google Maps URL structure.
If you want to integrate with Google Maps (instead of just providing a link to a map), Google Maps has a couple of web APIs for maps:
Google Maps Javascript API
Google Maps Embed API
Google Maps Image APIs
Those pages do describe the location format (and the API Key to be used).