On July 16, Google Maps is going to make it more difficult and expensive to use its API, which could make custom maps that rely on the service less sustainable or even unfeasible for the people ...

From March 2025, Google Maps will offer developers free access to its products including APIs and SDKs, with monthly limits of up to $6,800.

Overture Maps was originally announced in late 2022, with Google’s biggest competitors on board. Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, TomTom and more mapping specialists have teamed up to create the project.

Overture has just released its first open map dataset that should help third-party devs create mapping apps to challenge Google and Apple.

In this post, learn best practices for getting and using your Google Maps API Key as well as the benefits for multi-location brands.