Google Maps API

1.Before you start, make sure you have the newest version of Python, a wifi connection, and a google account.

2. In order to use google maps, you are required to use a key, which is provided by google

• In order to access this key go to this website: enabling google maps platform
• Create a project, and set up billing (its free if you use an individual account)
• From this point you will be able to activate your key

3. In order to call the google maps API and visualize a maps display, we can create an HTML file:

• We can either create a HTML file which makes this call
• Or, if we want to have more accessibility, and do more than just call an already programmed map(for example if you want to take data from a CSV file, and plot it accordingly) you can also program this HTML file in python

4. To create this HTML file, we will use the following tutorials by google:

Google maps static maps API

Google Maps API -- Shapes

• If you're just trying to pull up a map of a specific area, the first link is all you will need.
• If you're looking to plot shapes onto the map you initialize, you will also need to look at the other link.