Amazon Maps API

While we’re putting the finishing touches on the upcoming Business of APIs (BAPI) conference, the premier global forum for API experts and professionals, we’re still keeping a close eye on the world around us. And that’s good, because there’s a lot happening out in API-land—just ask Amazon.

Following quite a bit of buzz, the online retailing giant has launched its new Maps API, which saw the light of day alongside the new Kindle Fire models that came out a few weeks ago.