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Why should you work with a Google Maps partner?
Google has changed the way it structures licensing for Google Maps Platform customers and applications that were once using Google Maps for free are now faced with uncertain pricing per month. Receiving a shock Google Maps bill could be due to inefficient coding or a lack of understanding of the changes that are taking place….
Open source conference inspires mapping enthusiasts
Open source spatial technology aficionado’s have recently enjoyed an energising and enlightening conference in Melbourne at FOSS4G SotM Oceania 2018. Standing for “Free and Open Source Software For Good, State of the Map”, the conference gathered hundreds of mapping enthusiasts who all came with the goal of learning and sharing information about how they use…
UNWGIC convenes to address global challenges
NGIS’ Director of Services Nathan Eaton went to China in November to discuss the global challenges that GIS can help address. The inaugural United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UNWGIC) held in Deqing, China, was a landmark event for the international geospatial community to discuss and address significant global challenges. Participants of the event included…
Google Maps in apps isn’t free anymore
If you’ve built an app in the past for Android or iOS you would have benefitted from Google’s generous usage limits for mobile, most of which were unlimited for Maps API. Under Google Maps Platform, map loads through the Mobile SDK are still free, but all the other services you might rely on are on…
Kids take over for the day at NGIS
No board meeting came close – the managing director faced his sternest examination yet when the children of staff members grilled him on matters of strategy and the company balance sheet. For a fourth year, the children of the NGIS team descended on NGIS’ Burswood office. The annual Kids at Work Day 2018 allowed children…
Is your Google Maps bill bigger than expected?
The new commercial model of Google Maps suits businesses really well with its monthly, pay on consumption billing, but the new price table can lead to unexpected costs. You might have been on the free version of Google Maps (the now-deprecated Standard Plan) and now find you are having to pay for usage you previously…
