Version 2 of the API is now distributed as part of the Google Play services SDK, which can be downloaded with the Android SDK Manager. Mobile maps are a very popular category with mobile-device users.

Google Maps Android API version 2 features vector-based maps that allow users to navigate through 2D and 3D dimensional views, as well as tilt and rotate via gestures.

The Google Maps Android API Utility Library has been updated with two key new data visualization features— marker clustering and heat maps —that are aimed at improving the tools developers ...

Learn how to use the Google Maps API to add maps to your Android app, and how to request access to the user's location, using the new 6.0 permissions model.

Google has just announced the next stage of development for the Maps ecosystem, including a new platform that streamlines the APIs already available and makes them easier to implement.

Along with the release of Google Maps Android API version two, the Internet giant is introducing launching the following three new Location APIS as part of Google Services.

The new version of the Google Maps Android API contains support for tilting the map in apps, allowing users to move from 2D to 3D views, as well as Google’s indoor floor plans, which it recently ...

With the new version of the Google Maps Android API, developers can utilize Google Maps to its fullest. We’ve incorporated many of the highly-requested features developers want, such as: ...

The Trulia Android app uses the new Maps API (starting tomorrow), so users can search for a place in 3D. The Android Developers blog just unveiled version 2.0 for Google Play services.

Web giant Google has officially opened the floodgates of mobile AR gaming by allowing game developers to use data from its Google Maps service to create ...