Google maps api全部服务特性总表

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Product	Features of Note
Tracks API	Used for location tracking of assets, backend datastore for Google Coordinate	If you need a solution that can use Coordinate, use it.  If you need something more customizable, use Tracks API
	Geo fencing, region	e.g. The IT department wants a notification when the inhouse hardware leaves the campus
	Crumbs, retreiving historical data on location of asset movement
	Collections, a group of objects
	Purchased separately from Maps API
Coordinate	Core: Out of the box workforce management solution	Set up using existing Google Apps or Appsless domain
	Coordinate API (Manage Jobs and List workers, attach schedule to jobs, location history info)
	Pricing is $20 per use/year, unlimited usage
Geolocation API	Used for sending location of asset (does not need a GPS device to get the location) uses Wifi and Cell Towers to identify location	e.g.  The IT department lends out wifi enabled inhouse hardware and wants to keep track where they are located
	Purchased separately from Maps API license
Maps Engine	Cloudbased solution for customers to store and share their Geo Data with their users
	Usage based upon Map Loads and Storage
	API: info on data sources/layers/maps, create/update features, quering against feature data (radius based searches)
Places API	place of interest information (think yellow pages), also comes with autocomplete functionality
Maps API
JavaScript v3 API	embed interactive Google Map into your web application, display features (points, lines, polygons), cllient-sdie functionality for Geocoding,Directions,distance requests	Usage based on PageViews
Static Maps API	display a static map image of a particular location	used when JS is not supported, limited bandwith
Street View Image API	display a streetview image (non interactive) of a particular address	used when JS is not supported, limited bandwith
Distance Matrix API	Computes distance between two addresses based on travel mode	100,000 QPD, 10QPS
Directions API	Computes step by step direction from point A to B; you may specify waypoints, you can request for optimized routing	100,000 QPD, 10QPS, 23 waypoints
Geocoding API	convert textual addresses to LatLng or vice versa	100,000 QPD, 10QPS
Elevation API	provides elevation data for all locations on the surface of the earth	100,000 QPD, 10QPS, 1,000,000 total locations per day
Time Zone API	provides time zone for a location on the earth