Next level GIS using realtime 3d solutions with Unity and Esri
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 by Richard Harris
Unity Technologies and Esri have announced a collaboration to combine GIS data with real-time 3D simulations. This integration allows organizations to visualize geographic and infrastructure data in interactive 3D environments. According to the companies, this approach supports more detailed and dynamic modeling of urban, transportation, and energy systems.
Integrati...
TomTom updates developer portal
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 by Austin Harris
TomTom has announced their completely revamped developer portal. Updates include enhancements to its product offerings and a pricing model geared towards small and medium sized businesses to easily integrate TomTom’s Online APIs into their applications.TomTom’s APIs and SDKs are already being used by a large array of enterprises and startups for artificial intelligence ...
Sygic Travel offers trip planning SDK and API to developers
Thursday, June 22, 2017 by Richard Harris
A global trip planner, Sygic Travel, is now offering its Software Development Kit containing standalone JSON API and libraries for iOS, Android and web to other developers. The content, which has already been used by millions of satisfied travelers, includes 20 million points of interest, 2 million hotels, 70,000 tours and thousands of 360° videos. It can be used to cre...
CocoaPods is Now Primary Channel to Acquire Google SDKs for iOS
Monday, June 1, 2015 by Richard Harris
Google has announced that CocoaPods will now be the primary channel to acquire Google SDKs for iOS. CocoaPods is a free dependency manager for iOS that simplifies the process of importing libraries and frameworks into Xcode as well as helping manage dependencies between Google various libraries.With the announcement, some of Google’s key libraries, like Google Cloud Mes...
UK Based Ordinance Survey Releases OpenSpace Mapping SDK for Android
Saturday, October 26, 2013 by Richard Harris
With a similar API to Google Maps, the new Ordnance Survey OpenSpace SDK for Android makes moving from Google mapping to Ordnance Survey mapping simple. It is an open-source tool that can be used to access the OS OpenSpace API, OS OpenSpace Pro and OS OnDemand.
The company launched the SDK for iOS a few months ago. The SDK provides a number of benef...
Google Maps Releases New SDK v1.4 for iOS
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 by Stuart Parkerson
The latest version of the Google Maps SDK for iOS lets developers add an enhanced mapping experience to thier apps with updated Street View imagery, indoor maps, 3D buildings, and more.
Version 1.4.0 introduces changes to accessibility and ground overlays. If you make use of either of these in your app, you will have to modify any existing code.New features include:S...
New Google Maps 1.1 tools for iOS developers
Thursday, February 28, 2013 by Richard Harris
Google has released an update for the Google Maps IOS SDK, into the wild so any iOS developer can access its Google Maps data and integrate the features into apps (previously it was by invite only for the advanced feature set). You can get your MAPS key on the Google Maps API Console.Google developer advocate Paul Saxman says in a video demonstrating the new tools,...
Use Google maps SDK in your iOS apps
Friday, December 14, 2012 by Richard Harris
Along side the new Google maps app released into the Apple app store, developers can now also use the same mapping Google Map SDK in their iOS mapping apps, as an alternative to the sometimes flawed native Apple maps SDK. The new SDK has a feature rich set that is missing from Apple's mapping solution such as super-fast vector mapping, new layers, and mor...
