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Re:Google Maps Platform by jefe_ on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:52PM (#16981050)
Did not know about this, thanks for sharing. It almost increases the mystery in my mind. It appears this API is only available for use in Amazon Android apps, it's certainly marketed that way. It's as if they went 99% of the way of having a full map offering, but decided that Maps were somehow going to drive Kindle Fire adoption. Very interesting.
Re:Google Maps Platform by puzzle on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:58PM (#16981514)
More likely than not, because the data is not theirs (I think it's Navteq->Nokia->Here), they wouldn't be able to resell it with a markup at a competitive price, so they don't even try.