New Amazon Maps API Challenges Google
Amazon is once again jumping into the online mapping fray with a new Maps API for Android developers building apps for the Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD tablets. Like Apple's iOS 6, Foursquare and other high-profile Google Maps defectors, the Amazon Maps API seems to exist primarily as an option for those who'd like to avoid the Google Maps API. Amazon's announcement touts the API's "simple migration path for developers who are already using the native Google Maps API on Android," but neglects to mention any benefits developers might gain from dropping Google's API. The Amazon Maps API offers most of the same features you'll find in the Google Maps API, including street maps, satellite images and custom overlays for landmarks and points of interest, but lacks street-view imagery, terrain maps and other features found in Google's offering. If you'd like to give the Amazon Maps API a try in your Android app, head on over to Amazon's new Maps API site to request access.
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