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Foursquare Launches Places API for Start-Ups
Foursquare has launched Places API for Start-Ups which provides access to Foursquare location intelligence capabilities at a price point between the free tier account and the Enterprise tier account. The Places API allows companies to integrate apps with Foursquare platform data and capabilities.
04-12-2018
Google to Update Basemap Style for Google Maps APIs
Google yesterday announced that it will be updating the Google Maps APIs with a new basemap look and feel that is consistent with the look and feel that is now present across all Google products that incorporate Google Maps. The updated look and feel was implemented to improve user experience.
02-14-2018
Add Personalized Audio Traffic Reports to Apps with the TomTom Audio Traffic API
TomTom has launched an API that provides programmatic access to personalized audio traffic reports for drivers. Developers can use the TomTom Audio Traffic API to integrate personalized traffic reports with in-car entertainment applications and driver-oriented mobile applications.
02-11-2018
Most Popular Government API Categories
We saw earlier this year that the Government category was one of the most popular API categories within our directory. But what sections of government and what kinds of data are being made available via API? In this article we look at the ten most popular categories related to government APIs.
01-02-2018
ProgrammableWeb's Most Interesting APIs in 2017: Mapping and Location API University
This article is part of a 10-part series about interesting APIs that were added to our directory during 2016. Mapping and Location APIs are covered in this segment. The APIs were chosen by our researchers, by popularity according to website traffic, and by mentions on social media.
12-30-2017
Daily API RoundUp: Starling Bank, ICObench, Estated, UserIQ
Sixteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Banking, Mapping, and Photos. Highlight include the Get Image API which returns data about the location and cameras used for a particular photograph. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
12-16-2017
Factual Launches Engine SDK for iOS and Android
Factual recently announced a new SDK that enables third party apps and services to pull location data from its massive database and trigger certain actions in response to data points like location, environment, movement and more. The SDK is easily used through the Garage Web UI.
11-06-2017
How to Build a 3D Airport Experience with the Wrld.js SDK
Wrld.js is an SDK built on the Leaflet API that can be used for embedding interactive, 3D, indoor and outdoor maps in a web page. This guide will walk you through the process of using wrld.js to build a 3D airport experience, including searching, point-of-interest markers, and indoor routing.
10-17-2017
TRX Systems' 3D "Indoor GPS" Solutions Guide First Responders In Lethal Situations (includes podcast)
Largely in response to learnings from terrorism-related events, there's a new protocol for first responders that involves their entry into buildings before they're fully cleared of any danger. Commanding a situation like that requires GPS-like 3D indoor mapping technology where no GPS exists.
10-05-2017
Microsoft Launches Bing Maps Distance Matrix API
Microsoft has launched the Bing Maps Distance Matrix API which returns the travel times and distances between a set of origins and destinations. The API can be used in applications to solve the Traveling Salesman Problem and Vehicle Routing Problem returning the best route for a set of locations.
10-03-2017
Mapbox API Consumption Soars as Developers Demand More API University
This is the first API profile in what we are calling the "Growth Series." Mapbox provides an API that allows developers to create maps with rich data visualizations by using multiple data layers. This feature along with others has fueled an 11x growth in calls made to its API.
09-12-2017
OGC Seeking Public Comment on Draft Charter for Geocoding API Standard
Geo APIs are popular in today's mobile, ever-connected world. It's hard to find an oft-used app without mapping functionality of some sort. While the likes of Google Maps and other services have popular APIs, there is a visible lack of standardization in geocoding that the OGC seeks to remedy.
09-07-2017
In Other API Economy News: Browser Updates from Apple, Mozilla and More
The week is nearly finished and we bring you some of the stories we couldn't cover with a look at what is going on in the world of APIs including some new developments on the browser front from Apple and Firefox as well as a great demonstration of what can be build using the ArcGis JavaScript SDK.
08-31-2017
MapQuest is Retiring its JavaScript Maps API
The MapQuest JavaScript Maps API, both Licensed and Open, will be retired on June 5, 2018. The recently released MapQuest.js JavaScript library is the replacement for the existing JavaScript API. The company has published a migration guide for developers and is also offering paid migration packages.
07-20-2017
MapQuest Announces Release of MapQuest.js: An Interactive JavaScript Mapping Library
We're excited to announce the release of the successor to our Leaflet Plugins, MapQuest.js! Built with Leaflet v1.1.0 integration, MapQuest.js provides all of the power of the MapQuest geospatial platform combined with the elegance of the open-source Leaflet mapping library.
07-17-2017
Mapbox Launches Optimization API, Mapbox Navigation SDK Updated
Mapbox has launched the Mapbox Optimization API, a new API that developers can use to build applications with optimized multi-stop itineraries. The API returns the optimal order for making stops to up to 12 locations. The Mapbox Navigation SDK for both iOS and Android has also been updated.
06-15-2017
In Other API Economy News: Amazon Greengrass IoT, Customize API Gateway Error Responses and More
We take you into the weekend with another edition of ProgrammableWeb's "In other API Economy News". Today we give you your fill of Amazon news including the general release of their Greengrass IoT service, the ability for API Gateway to allow for customization of error responses, and more.
06-09-2017
In Other API Economy News: GitHub Releases Open Source Survey Results, Wonder Woman Inspires Girls to Code
Before you head off into your weekend, here is another edition of ProgrammableWeb's "Briefly, In other API Economy News". Today we cover new mapping developer tools from WRLD, GitHub's open source survey results, Stripe's new SQL tool and Google's collaboration with Warner Bros to get girls to code.
06-02-2017
Mapbox Unity SDK Brings Pokemon Go-like AR to Gaming Developers
Mapbox has announced a Unity SDK that provides a mapping platform, similar to the AR mapping of Pokemon Go, to developers across the gaming industry. With the major success of Pokemon Go, maps could be the foundation for a new generation of AR and VR games and Mapbox aims to capitalize.
05-24-2017
How The Streetlayer API Lets You do Real-time, International Address Validation and Autocomplete
Streetlayer is a white label API for real time international address validation, autocomplete and geocoding. This tutorial introduces the streetlayer API including ensuring high-quality data by validating addresses, delivering address suggestions and determining coordinates of street addresses.
03-02-2017