Using the Google Maps API Styled Map Wizard, you can customize the colors of virtually every feature of a map, then generate customized HTML code for it with a single click.

Google Maps has a new feature that will allow users to share their location using Plus Codes. Plus Code is a digital address and it's derived from latitude and longitude coordinates.

Google’s blog post notes, “all that’s needed [to use the codes] is Google Maps on a smartphone.” For now, at least, this means those using the system are at least partially shackled to ...