Maps API

Mapping, geo-location and location-based services (LBS) have been at the center of platform activity since web APIs began emerging over 7 years ago.  Launching maps APIs at Yahoo! in 2005, and then writing a book about them the following year, it was clear to me that mapping was the gateway for a generation of developers integrating more than one 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.