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Joe Steinbring

Google Maps

Google’s mapping platform and its JavaScript API, long the default way to put an interactive map on a web page. Its pricing is what makes Mapbox and Leaflet worth knowing.

My teams used Google Maps a lot the first time I worked at UW-Milwaukee, from 2006 to 2011, and again at Bader Rutter.

Articles written
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Used at
UW-Milwaukee, Bader Rutter
Official website
developers.google.com/maps
Age
21 years (since 2005)

Experience highlights

  • It is very expensive, which is what makes Mapbox a good alternative, and Leaflet a good alternative to Mapbox.

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