Google My Maps

The futurity of online mapping - colored markers

It has been an exciting twosome of years for online map developers, what alongside the incredible evolution of Leaflet.js, the emergence of bully narative mapping platforms, such every bit Esri Story Maps too the recent liberate of Mapbox GL too Mapbox Studio.

The emergence of then many bully mapping platforms has challenged Google's in i lawsuit nearly monopolistic pose inwards online map development. In fact these days it is becoming increasingly rare to truly run into a bully online map which was developed alongside the Google Maps API. Nearly all the great, cutting border maps that I run into these days are developed on other platforms.

I've truly been waiting 2 years to run into how Google would respond to this dwindling marketplace pose seat inwards map development. The answer has in conclusion arrived:

Google has renamed Google Maps Engine Lite - My Maps!

All joking aside, this is in all probability a sensible motility yesteryear Google. Google seem to accept made the conclusion to allow the Google Maps JavaScript API slow cash inwards one's chips from neglect. Their energies accept instead gone into developing mapping for mobile platforms too trying to monetize Google Maps through Google Maps Engine.

Google Maps Engine Lite was patently meant to endure a gratuitous entry degree mapping platform that mightiness claw to a greater extent than or less users into upgrading to Google Maps Engine. The work is Google Maps Engine Lite is real basic too creates fairly ugly maps. I'm certain a lot of potential customers for Google Maps Engine (which is itself a real proficient too powerful mapping platform)  looked at Google Maps Engine Lite too idea 'Why would I pay for this?'

It hence makes feel for Google to disassociate Google Maps Engine Lite from Google Maps Engine too rebrand it every bit My Maps. My Maps is an effective entry level, tool for non-developers to speedily create uncomplicated maps. It truly isn't a stepping-stone to Google Maps Engine.