In June 2018, Google announced product and billing changes to the Maps Platform. What were the guiding principles behind these changes?
- Google streamlined the Google Map Platform suite of services into three core products: Streets, Navigation, and Roads, and simplified terms to create a single, easy-to-understand pricing model.
- Google Map Platform streamlined the suite of services into Google Cloud Platform, and now this is all offered as one service with one price.
- Google streamlined the Google Map Platform suite of services into three core products: Maps, Routes, and Places, and simplified terms to create a single, easy-to-understand pricing model.
- Google Map Platform now has 18 core APIs to choose from and the pricing is now free for customers for the first $500.00 worth of usage, which is all on the same platform as Google Cloud.