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Google Maps vs Google Places API: What are the differences?

Developers describe Google Maps as "Build highly customisable maps with your own content and imagery". Create rich applications and stunning visualisations of your data, leveraging the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usability of Google Maps and a modern web platform that scales as you grow. On the other hand, Google Places API is detailed as "Help users discover the world with rich details for points of interest". You can provide users data on location names, addresses, ratings, reviews, contact information, and atmosphere. Local guides and users submit tens of millions of updates every day, so you can count on accurate, reliable information.

Google Maps and Google Places API can be primarily classified as "Mapping APIs" tools.

According to the StackShare community, Google Maps has a broader approval, being mentioned in 2501 company stacks & 6357 developers stacks; compared to Google Places API, which is listed in 12 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.

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StackShare Editors

Apr 4, 2019 | 2 upvotes · 131.9K views

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Mapbox

Google Maps

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OpenStreetMap

From a StackShare Community member: "We're a team of two starting to write a mobile app. The app will heavily rely on maps and this is where my partner and I are not seeing eye-to-eye. I would like to go with an open source solution like OpenStreetMap that is used by Apple & Foursquare. He would like to go with Google Maps since more apps use it and has better support (according to him). Mapbox is also an option but I don’t know much about it."

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Ryoji Hayasaka

Apr 5, 2019 | 2 upvotes · 324K views

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OpenStreetMap

I use OpenStreetMap because that has a strong community. It takes some time to catch up with Google Maps, but OpenStreetMap will become great solution.

Blair Gemmer

Software Engineer at VYNYL · Apr 8, 2019 | 2 upvotes · 144.7K views

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Google Maps

Google Maps is best because it is practically free (they give you $300 in free credits per month and it's really hard to go over the free tier unless you really mean business) and it's the best!

Amir Aharon

Apr 6, 2019 | 2 upvotes · 146.9K views

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Mapbox

I use Mapbox because We need 3D maps and navigation, it has a great plugin for React and React Native which we use. Also the Mapbox Geocoder is great.

Shuuji TAKAHASHI

at shuuji3.xyz · Apr 7, 2019 | 1 upvotes · 130.4K views

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Google Maps

I use Google Maps because it has a lot of great features such as Google's rich APIs, geolocation functions, navigation search feature, street map view, auto-generated 3D city map.

Anand Tech Inc

Jan 17, 2020 | 1 upvotes · 130.4K views

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OpenStreetMap

Its open source and we use it.

Anand Tech Inc

Fabio Fraga Machado

at Zygo · Apr 5, 2019 | 1 upvotes · 138K views

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OpenStreetMap

I use OpenStreetMap because i have the control of the environment, using Docker containers or bare-metal servers.

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Pros of Google Maps

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Free
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Address input through maps api
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Sharable Directions
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Google Earth
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Unique
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Cons of Google Maps

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Google Attributions and logo
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Only map allowed alongside google place autocomplete

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What is Google Maps?

Create rich applications and stunning visualisations of your data, leveraging the comprehensiveness, accuracy, and usability of Google Maps and a modern web platform that scales as you grow.

What is Google Places API?

You can provide users data on location names, addresses, ratings, reviews, contact information, and atmosphere. Local guides and users submit tens of millions of updates every day, so you can count on accurate, reliable information.

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What are some alternatives to Google Maps and Google Places API?

Mapbox

We make it possible to pin travel spots on Pinterest, find restaurants on Foursquare, and visualize data on GitHub.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.

TomTom

It is the leading independent location technology specialist, shaping mobility with highly accurate maps, navigation, real-time traffic info and services.

Leaflet

Leaflet is an open source JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. It is developed by Vladimir Agafonkin of MapBox with a team of dedicated contributors. Weighing just about 30 KB of gzipped JS code, it has all the features most developers ever need for online maps.

OpenLayers

An opensource javascript library to load, display and render maps from multiple sources on web pages.

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