Google Now Opens Access To Its Digital Maps For Game And Application Developers

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JAKARTA - Google opens access to its digital map platform, Google Maps, to the wider community. So that game and application developers can take advantage of their digital map data services to innovate.

As is known, this Silicon Valley-based technology giant has indeed collaborated with a number of game studios and produced a variety of games built using the Google Maps database. Pokemon Go is one of the popular game play made by Niantic, after working with Google.

Summarized by The Verge, this openness of data access has actually been carried out by Google since March 2018. However, its availability is only limited to a few game and application development studios.

"For the first time, game developers can make applications quickly and easily with the Google Maps Platform," wrote Google, Thursday, June 25.

Google's move by publishing its platform data has been greeted positively by game studios and application developers. Where they can upgrade the infrastructure of applications under development easier and faster.

Moreover, Google Maps data has covered more than 220 regions and countries, including millions of buildings and city icons. Not only that, but Google offers a software development kit (SDK) to make it easier for developers to develop their own games.

"For the first time, game developers can make applications quickly and easily with the Google Maps Platform," wrote Google, Thursday, June 25.

Through this platform, developers can adapt their applications and games to the original environment and location in the real world. Google has also added the Pathfinding and Mixed Zoom features to transform locations or centers of crowds into the application.