Dynamic Maps

Next-level map customization

Welcome to a whole new level of map customization, interaction, and visualization.

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Save time and resources

Quickly create, test, and deploy custom maps.

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Over 250 customizations

Create custom detailed maps that truly fit your business.

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More engaging experiences

Find new ways to set your brand apart.

Discover cloud-based maps styling

Advanced customization capabilities

Fine-tune your maps to fit your specific business and user needs, with hundreds more customization types than in Google’s client-styled maps.

Next generation map visualization

Create immersive 3D mapping experiences with features like WebGL Overlay View and Tilt & Rotation.

Update everywhere, without writing code

Create a consistent user experience by simultaneously deploying updates across all platforms, without writing a line of code.

Included with Maps Javascript API and available for Android SDK and iOS SDK.

Easily create custom interactive markers

Make markers your own

Change the color, background, icon, and outline of the Google Maps red pin, and create custom markers with SVGs, PNGs or HTML elements. Do it all directly in your code, with no image needed.

Improved marker performance

Advanced markers can load up to 66% faster than our traditional markers, and provide faster panning and zooming, 1 while supporting fast load times for a larger amount of markers.

Marker collision management

Choose which markers are displayed at each zoom level, and control how your markers interact with each other.

Style your data with data-driven styling

Save developer resources

Store and manage your geospatial data via the Google Cloud console, and let Google curate, update and manage boundary data for you.

Enhance your data with polygons

Display and style Google’s polygons for administrative boundaries, with or without your own data.

Style your geospatial data

Visualize and style your geospatial data as points, lines and polygons on your maps.

Advanced customization

Powerful map visualizations

Other Dynamic Maps features

How you can use it

Help people find your locations

Whether it’s a brick-and-mortar shop, ATM, food truck, or just a parking space, Cloud-based maps styling can make it easier for your customers to find what you’re pointing them to.

Highlight what’s near your business

Help customers see what there is to do in the area around your business – like pharmacies, car charging stations, or coffee shops.

Show off a neighborhood

Cloud-based maps styling makes it easy for customers to understand what the neighborhood is like around a house, apartment, or hotel, through customized points of interest and 3D visualizations.

Create engaging branded experiences

Create custom map-based experiences for a promotion or event that match the look and feel of your brand.

“Data-driven styling for datasets and the Maps Datasets API allows our clients to manage, display, and style complex geospatial data without the expensive infrastructure or custom code. This results in cost savings, and a better experience for their users.”
Martin Kleppe
Co-founder of Ubilabs, Google Maps Platform Partner
“With data-driven styling, Realtors® can now easily search and visualize market trends on a map, which helps them serve their clients better. Our nationwide real estate database, enhanced with data-driven styling, produces powerful insights with minimal effort.”
Janine Sieja
SVP Product, Realtors® Property Resource
“We wanted an immersive experience that would let Elton share his connection to Los Angeles with his fans. Using Google Maps Platform, we were able to style the basemap, add advanced markers, and use WebGL-powered map features to match the visual design of our broader L.A. experience.”
Rory Newton Dunn
Head of Digital, Rocket Entertainment
“With previous mapping solutions, customization and data management was a challenge. Advanced markers improved our user experience and streamlined our workflow, resulting in increased engagement.”
Alvaro Garrido
IT Director, Fr8Tech

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    Internal benchmark tests were done on an advanced markers map with 500 markers. Actual results will vary based on a number of factors, including but not limited to advanced markers configurations, application implementation, browsers, and hardware specifications.

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