# Google Maps API

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-maps-api/153818>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 5, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-maps-api/153818 "2005-07-05T01:42:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![blindlizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@blindlizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blindlizard)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/google-maps-api/153818/1 "2005-07-05T01:42:16Z")

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Well, people have been hacking Google Maps for months now and creating their own applications. There has always been a fear that Google would cut them off. Well, guess not because Google has actually opened up their API. [http://www.google.com/apis/maps/](http://www.google.com/apis/maps/)

eidt\*\* looks like Yahoo is trying to catch up [http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/](http://developer.yahoo.net/maps/)