In the world of apps the king of features is. It is because our desire for connectivity has no boundaries in the age of digital. According to a legendary study that shows more people have smartphones than toothbrushes. In the present an average Android user reads their phone messages on a daily basis. However the creation of a successful application is still a difficult task. While the app store has 2.5 million apps available on the store for apps however, the average user uses just 9 apps frequently.
To be competitive for attention, your app has to be distinctive. According to research the majority of app users would like they could have more features in their most loved apps. If you can fill your app with interesting and useful features, you’re likely to secure an uncontested spot on high on the apps list. The same is true for web-based applications.
There’s nothing as powerful as maps. In today’s world of location-based services geospatial data is gold. If your customers utilize it as a navigation tool or your partners offer it as a searching tool for their clients interactive maps could transform your business.
Below, we’ll discuss mapping tools, maps that embeddable that you can integrate into your app to let users know exactly where they’re supposed to get to. Therefore, instead of requiring users to rely on a different map application to pinpoint the location of your application, users will just find you via your application. This makes life easier for them. This will result in lower churn rate for you.
What are Embeddable Mapping Tools?
We’ve used our smartphones and called Google or Siri for directions to the closest McDonald’s. Most of us have utilized Google Maps (or MapQuest) to help us navigate our unfamiliar streets. While no one is sure the amount Google put into the development of its incredibly complex Google Maps software however, we think the numbers could have been staggering. But, it’s efforts have yielded enormous dividends.
In the present, users can utilize Google Maps, Bing, and OpenStreetMap for free in your mobile app. It’s basically billions of dollars worth of R&D at no cost. Embeddable maps are pieces of code you add to the app to provide users with maps capabilities. The question isn’t about whether these tools make an amount. The real question is what are the benefits of the possibility to integrate maps into your application without cost? There is no cost and your users avoid the hassle of searching for a different map application.
In the last few years, we’ve seen these maps utilized in fascinating ways. Lego and Chrome joined forces to create Build with Chrome which allowed users to play with maps by allowing them to create Lego objects using Google Maps. We’ve also come across travel apps that offer discounts when you’re close to partnered companies. We’ve also witnessed how gig economy-based on-demand services utilize maps to improve the user experience.
How do you integrate the ability to map your application?
Three Options to embed Interactive Maps in Your Web/Mobile App
There are three main choices when it comes to mapping software: Google, Bing, or OpenStreetMap.
1. Google Maps
Google Maps is the de actual map service in the world. Every day, more than a billion users utilize Google Maps to navigate their ways around the city. If it wasn’t to China’s Great Firewall, Google Maps could be the most-used map-based tool in all countries. It’s not difficult to embed Google maps into your web application takes no more then three minutes. This is how:
Open Google Maps.
Visit Map (or Street View) of the location you are in.
Click to open the menu (top right).
Click to share and embed the map.
Use Embed Map to embed map.
Select the size you would like by clicking the downward right arrow that is in the lower left corner of the form field.
Take a copy of the HTML code. Copy it and paste it into your web application. This creates a Google Maps iframe
That’s it! You can also make use of Google Maps Platform to add an API to your application or web-based app an option to consider for those who want to provide more advanced maps capabilities.
Google Maps is, by far, the most well-known mapping tool. However, it’s by no means your sole choice.
2. Bing
Bing Maps may be in second spot in the “mapping battle.” But this doesn’t mean it’s superior over Google Maps. It’s a good alternative. Bing offers a user-friendly API as well as high-resolution mapping photos and nearly all of the features of Google Maps. Although it doesn’t offer biking routes, or as many places however, it gets the task completed. It is possible to use the Bing Embed Map tool to generate the map of your current place of residence on your website application.
All all things considered, Bing does some things better than Google. We appreciate its clear travel guides, traffic updates and traffic camera photos. Also, Bing isn’t in second-place in terms of features, it’s just branding. However, there’s an enormous drawback to Bing that is it provides an unsatisfactory mobile experience an app for maps. Google Maps dominates mobile (it practically controls the entire market). Therefore, it’s important to take note of when embedding a map into your website application. We strongly suggest Google for mobile applications.
3. OpenStreetMap
For the third option it is possible to include some other choices. A majority of people choose Bing and Google. However, there are attractive alternatives to these like TomTom, Waze, and HERE WeGo. However, OpenStreetMap has a particular benefit that we’d like to highlight It’s an open-source. This means that thousands of users around the world often update OpenStreetMap data. This means it could be the most current and accurate map available on the Internet.
There are, of course, drawbacks with OpenStreetMap. It does not have satellite imagery or StreetView. However, its high-quality and open-source backbone makes it the ideal choice in TripAdvisor, FourSquare, and Uber. To embed OpenStreetMaps, you simply:
Go to openstreetmap
Select the area you would like to display.
Click the share button.
Select the “HTML” alternative.
Click “Add an item on the map.”
Simply copy the HTML text inside this box (starts with an iframe).
Input it into the web application.
OpenStreetMaps also provides a wide range of libraries created by users if you’re looking to add them to your mobile application.