The Maps API is a free service, available for any web site that is free to consumers. Please see the terms of service for more information.
Businesses that charge fees for access, track assets or build internal applications must use Google Maps API Premier, which provides enhanced features, technical support and a service-level agreement.
Check out version 3 of the Maps Javascript API, which has now officially graduated out of Labs!!
We've added a new Directions Web Service allowing you to request direction data using a variety of transportation options.
Announcing the Places Web Service (Developer Preview), which provides local business information based on location.
Google Maps has a wide array of APIs that let you embed the robust functionality and everyday usefulness of Google Maps into your own website and applications, and overlay your own data on top of them:
Embed a Google Map in your webpage using JavaScript. Manipulate the map and
add content through many services.
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Version 2
Use this ActionScript API to embed a Google Map in your Flash-based web page
or app. Manipulate the Map in three dimensions and add content through many services.
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Embed a true 3D digital globe into your web page. Take your visitors anywhere
on the Earth (even below the ocean) without leaving your web page.
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Embed a fast and simple Google Maps image in your web page or mobile site without
requiring JavaScript or any dynamic page loading.
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Use URL requests to access geocoding, directions, elevation, and places
information from client applications, and manipulate the results in JSON or XML.
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View, store and update map data through Google Data API feeds, using a
model of features (placemarks, lines & shapes) and collections of
features.
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