>> Almost every application needs location capabilities.
Companies and developers usually get concerned
about their mapping solution for the cost, security,
scalability, privacy, and ease of
implementation within new or existing applications.
Meet Azure Maps, a simple,
seamless geospatial platform that
developers can start using today.
Azure Maps is a collection of geospatial services that
provides geographic features to
web and mobile applications.
Azure Maps partners with
global and trusted providers for quality data,
giving you the developer platform
that you need to succeed with
instant access to a variety of
robust location-aware solutions for your applications.
Azure Maps provides you with
features like Max visualization,
render maps in satellite imagery
across many geographies in several styles.
Search, find addresses, points of interest,
and landmarks using a multitude of
search algorithms or in batch.
Traffic, real-time traffic flow
with incident detail updated every minute.
Routing, multi algorithmic for
single batch matrix and multipoint optimization.
Geolocation, query the location of an IP address.
Elevation, look up elevation data
for locations anywhere on the surface of the Earth.
Weather service. Obtain weather conditions,
weather forecasts, and weather along a route.
Spatial operations.
Create Geofences and
execute common geospatial calculations.
Azure maps creator.
Publish private map data to support
scenarios like custom indoor mapping.
With your Azure subscription,
create an Azure Maps account,
and start building applications with
the geospatial services that you need right away.
The free tier provides monthly credits
to your account with flexible pricing thereafter,
manage costs and deployment,
no upfront cost, and no termination fees.
You only pay for what you use and consume.
When you need location intelligence,
Azure Maps ensures you have it all.
Build your location-aware solutions with
a seamless development experience that's customizable,
private, and highly secured.
Azure Maps provides JSON output through
the variety of the REST APIs and offers map controls
through the web and mobile SDKs with
a simple programming model that can help
you develop cross-platform applications.
Want to learn more, get started at azure.com/maps.