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We are excited to announce (release notes) the experimental launch of our new suite of Map Styling Data Portability capabilities.

These new capabilities include:

• Create a New Map Style using JSON

• Edit your Map Style using JSON Editor in Cloud-based maps styling 

• A New Public JSON Schema

With the new Google Maps Platform Code Assist Toolkit extension for Gemini CLI, you can connect your AI assistant directly to the source of truth. We’ve grounded it on our latest official documentation, SDKs, and a massive library of code samples to ensure you get reliable, accurate, and ready-to-use code for Maps, Routes, and laces. It’s all about removing friction and letting you build innovative location experiences faster, right from your command line.

Try the Google Maps Platform Code Assist Toolkit out in the new Gemini CLI Extension Gallery. Learn more in our blog announcement.

Roads Management Insights (RMI) is now available to help public sector, road authorities and utility providers improve the safety and efficiency of their networks and operations through data-driven traffic management.

From local streets to the highways that connect our cities, roads are vital connectors for our communities. 

Learn more: Blog post

Our new India Developer page has just launched, a dedicated resource for developers in India. This page is designed to provide you with tailored content, including India-specific use cases and demos, to help you make the most of Google Maps Platform. These demos showcase hyperlocal solutions, such as delivery optimization for congested Indian cities.

Grounding with Google Maps is now generally available in Cloud Vertex AI, giving developers the ability to ground LLMs using Google Maps. This is a huge benefit for developers building generative applications that have geospatial context. 

We also launched simultaneous grounding with Google Search and Google Maps—bringing a very compelling combination to any developer working with GenAI. Grounding with Google Maps stands out as it enables grounding with our more than 250 million Places worldwide along with place answers with information derived from user reviews in the USA and India.Check out our demo to get inspired.

Capabilities are building blocks that answer the question "What can I do with the Google Maps Platform?" for both developers and non-developers, alike. For example, you can explore how to:

• Add a static Google Maps image to a web page.

• Return the travel time for a route between two or more sets of latitude/longitude coordinates.

• Return photos of a specific place.

The Capabilities Explorer replaces the API Picker and allows you to discover 314 capabilities (and counting) across 35 products and 4 platforms.

Get ready to show off your Google Maps Platform expertise and win some exclusive swag! To participate, you have two options: either crack a riddle about a specific Google Maps Platform API, or share your most innovative or challenging implementation using the Places UI Kit. This is your chance to highlight your creativity and problem-solving skills while earning some awesome prizes.

Start thinking, coding, and riddling your way to some fantastic swag!

Riddle tip: The answer can be found in one of our previous newsletters. You missed out previous editions, no worry you can find them here.

It’s rewarding to see our amazing Maps Innovators community in action. In this edition we feature two more inspiring innovators. Thank you to everyone who has shown interest in participating in this section of our newsletter by submitting your stories.