google map engine

[Kazzmir]

Jakie to niesie konsekwencje?

Dear Google Maps Engine user,

The Google Maps Engine (GME) service will be shut down in 3 weeks.

After Jan 29, 2016, GME will be deactivated and no longer available for use; no extensions will be granted.

You should remove your data from GME and transition off the platform immediately. Refer to this Help Center article for instructions on how to export your data. We will remove your data from your GME project on Jan 30, 2016.

Regards,

The Google Maps Engine Support Team

[inż. Avallach]

Jeśli z tego nie korzystałeś w żadnych aplikacjach to dokładnie żadne. Może miałeś tylko zarejestrowane konto?
Ja prywatnie korzystam z częściowo pokrewnego Google My Maps.

[Gerry Rafferty]

http://blog.mangomap.com/post/108790608911/the-end-of-google-maps-engine-causes-mass

What is Google Maps Engine?

Here’s how Google describes the Pro version of the product:

Maps Engine Pro gives businesses and individual users an easy-to-use tool for collaborative map creation. Using Maps Engine Pro, you can create rich, multi-layered maps, share information with stakeholders and make decisions more collaboratively.

So Google Maps Engine is a browser based application from Google that allows users to upload their own map data and have it displayed as layers above the Google base maps. That data could be uploaded via their user interface in the following formats:

Spreadsheet (CSV)
Esri Shapefile
KML
Tab File
Google Maps and the Google Maps API also allow users to add their own overlays above the map but in reality they are limited to pushpins and simple lines and polygons.

Google Maps Engine gave an easy way to add much more complex overlays and give them custom styles based on their attribute data in the application, without writing any JavaScript code or using any API’s.1

The type of data that could be overlayed and the way styling was applied to that overlay is illustrated in the screenshot below:

Google also offered an API which allowed Google Maps API developers to integrate their layers from Google Maps Engine with their Google Maps API mashups.

What Does this Announcement Mean?

So now that were clear what Google Maps Engine is, we can now look at the significance of the announcement and what it means. The first thing you should understand is that this has absolutely no impact on Google Maps or Google Maps API. You will still be able to access Google Maps as you always have done and if you use the Google Map API to make mapping mashups. Nothing will change for you.

The big change is for those of you that have a Google Maps Engine account and have built web map applications using Google Maps Engine. You have until January 29, 2016 to find a replacement, because on that day Google will be switching off the lights !

Zakładam że jeśli to wyłączają to albo i tak prawie nikt tego nie używał albo zintegrowali lub zintegrują te same funkcje w innych swoich produktach.

[inż. Avallach]

Nie mają jednego produktu który miałby tą funkcjonalność, trzeba trochę kombinować. Ale nie ma co się nad tym rozpisywać jeśli Kazzmir tego nie używał tylko miał tam konto. Jakby co, inne formy oferują bardzo podobne usługi, w necie można znaleźć całe listy.