Google Places API vs OpenLayers

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Google Places API vs OpenLayers: What are the differences?

Developers describe Google Places API 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. On the other hand, OpenLayers is detailed as "A high-performance, feature-packed library for all your mapping needs". An opensource javascript library to load, display and render maps from multiple sources on web pages.

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

OpenLayers is an open source tool with 5.31K GitHub stars and 1.99K GitHub forks. Here's a link to OpenLayers's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, OpenLayers has a broader approval, being mentioned in 12 company stacks & 43 developers stacks; compared to Google Places API, which is listed in 12 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.

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      Flexibility
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      Maturity
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      Open Source
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      Incredibly comprehensive, excellent support
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      Extensible
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      Strong community
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      Choice of map providers
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      Low Level API
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    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.

    What is OpenLayers?

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

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