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Fine-tune your maps to fit your specific business and user needs, with hundreds more customization types than in Google’s client-styled maps.
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Create immersive 3D mapping experiences with features like WebGL Overlay View and Tilt & Rotation.
Update everywhere, without writing code
Create a consistent user experience by simultaneously deploying updates across all platforms, without writing a line of code.
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Make markers your own
Change the color, background, icon, and outline of the Google Maps red pin, and create custom markers with SVGs, PNGs or HTML elements. Do it all directly in your code, with no image needed.
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Advanced markers can load up to 66% faster than our traditional markers, and provide faster panning and zooming,1 while supporting fast load times for a larger amount of markers.
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Choose which markers are displayed at each zoom level, and control how your markers interact with each other.
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Tailor the number of points of interest on your map, to provide more information or make the map cleaner.
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Customize pre-configured, optimized maps for the travel, real estate, retail, and logistics industries.
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Display and style customized maps based on your tabular datasets, Google’s administrative boundary data, or your own business data.
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WebGL overlay view for Javascript
Render 2D and 3D objects with perspective directly on the basemap.
Vector maps
Get faster map loads, smoother zooming and panning, and efficient caching. Also enables marker collision management.
Tilt and rotation
Help users explore and navigate maps at multiple angles.
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Choose between road, satellite, hybrid, terrain, and custom maps.
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Draw a variety of shapes on the map with built-in functions, including polylines and polygons.
Markers
Display the default Google Maps marker, or add your own custom-styled markers.
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Help people find your locations
Whether it’s a brick-and-mortar shop, ATM, food truck, or just a parking space, Cloud-based maps styling can make it easier for your customers to find what you’re pointing them to.
Highlight what’s near your business
Help customers see what there is to do in the area around your business – like pharmacies, car charging stations, or coffee shops.
Show off a neighborhood
Cloud-based maps styling makes it easy for customers to understand what the neighborhood is like around a house, apartment, or hotel, through customized points of interest and 3D visualizations.
Create engaging branded experiences
Create custom map-based experiences for a promotion or event that match the look and feel of your brand.
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Create immersive experiences with Photorealistic 3D Maps in JavaScript
See how JavaScript developers can deliver 3D Maps at scale, starting with a single line of code.
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Customize your maps with data-driven styling
Easily access, display, and style Google’s polygons for administrative boundaries, or use your own geospatial data to create your own points, lines, and polygons.
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Make customized map markers
Experience creating your own advanced markers. In this demo you can customize the iconic Google Maps red pin, create custom markers from images, and programmatically customize your own markers.
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Create immersive 3D mapping experiences with WebGL
Learn how WebGL-powered maps features for the Maps JavaScript API give you unprecedented control of the vector basemap.
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Travel the world in this interactive WebGL-powered demo
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See how digital twins can be implemented using WebGL with 3D
UbiLabs created a demo, “Moving Hamburg,” to show how digital twins can be used to perform digital analyses and scenarios before being put to the test in the real world.
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“Data-driven styling for datasets and the Maps Datasets API allows our clients to manage, display, and style complex geospatial data without the expensive infrastructure or custom code. This results in cost savings, and a better experience for their users.”
Martin Kleppe
Co-founder of Ubilabs, Google Maps Platform Partner
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“With data-driven styling, Realtors® can now easily search and visualize market trends on a map, which helps them serve their clients better. Our nationwide real estate database, enhanced with data-driven styling, produces powerful insights with minimal effort.”
Janine Sieja
SVP Product, Realtors® Property Resource
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“We wanted an immersive experience that would let Elton share his connection to Los Angeles with his fans. Using Google Maps Platform, we were able to style the basemap, add advanced markers, and use WebGL-powered map features to match the visual design of our broader L.A. experience.”
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Head of Digital, Rocket Entertainment
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“With previous mapping solutions, customization and data management was a challenge. Advanced markers improved our user experience and streamlined our workflow, resulting in increased engagement.”
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