What is "google-maps-api-3"

To Google Maps Javascript API Version 3 is now an official Javascript API. Version 2 of the API has been officially removed in accordance with Google’s removal policy. Version 3 of the API is designed to be faster and more applicable to mobile devices as well as traditional desktop browser applications.

Google has established two licensing models for the use of the Google Maps v3 Javascript API:

1. To API Google Maps is free if (and only if) you provide public accessibility to your Google API implementation Maps.
2. To Google Maps Enterprise API provides advanced features, added support for organizations that want to add maps for your fee-based websites, mobile apps, or for your internal websites. To learn more about this option, please contact with the sales department of Google Maps for Business.

Ask group questions about licensing Google Maps API.

Google provides introductory information about the Google Maps API and what’s possible with the API:

• Overview of the Google Maps API
• Applications based on location
• Mobile Apps
• Visualize Geospatial Data
• Personalize your maps

More detailed information is available on the Google Maps Javascript v3 API Documentation and includes:

• The Developer’s Guide/Tutorial
• To API reference
• One FAQ
• Code samples/examples
• One Demonstration gallery
• A Blog do Geo desenvolvedor which includes articles of Map of Week

The Google Maps v3 Javascript API also provides support for Keyhole Markup Language (KML) and Google also provides information on API v3 KML support.

In addition, the API provides support for google fusion Tables, a data table application. Information and examples are provided in the section Fusiontableslayer of API documentation.