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It’s Friday again, you made it through another week! OK, we made it through another week.

I’m actually pretty excited because next week I’m going to Israel. If you’re in Tel Aviv, I’ll be speaking at the GDG on Tuesday the 19th, come and say hi. Pieter Greyling and Kasia Derc-Fenske will be speaking with me, so you’ll get a three-in-one.

On Tuesday, I hosted another Google Maps Shortcut episode, this time on Tiling in the Google Maps SDK for iOS. Check it out.

Next week Brett Morgan will be hosting a Maps Shortcut on using Google Maps with Dart. Be sure to check that out.

That’s all I’ve got this week. Have a great weekend and, as always, happy mapping!

Posted by Mano Marks, Maps Developer Relations Team

Map of the Week:  Citymapper Android App

Why we like it: Citymapper is a great example of combining Google’s data and basemap with an app developer’s own data and making a slick, useful interface. Citymapper helps Londoners get around by showing them locations of tube stations, bus routes, taxi fares, the status of transit lines, and much more. It’s built on top of the Google Maps Android API v2 and our Directions and Geocoding services.

It all starts with figuring out what you want to do.

From there you can get walking, biking, transit, or taxi directions. It’ll even tell you how many calories you’ll burn, or how much the taxi should cost.

You can also get information on Tube closures.

And play with a rampaging Android.

You can save your favorite lines and stations in the app as well, allowing you to customize your experience. All around, this is a great combination of our maps with highly localized data.

Posted by Mano Marks, Maps Developer Relations Team

It’s Friday, and here’s a quick Fab Friday to take you through the weekend.

This week, the Google Maps Engine team launched the Maps Engine API, which allows users of Maps Engine to programmatically interact with their data. It also allows any developer to interact with data made public by Maps Engine users. Pretty cool!

Also this week, Chris Broadfoot released a Google Maps Shortcut on his Android Maps Utility Library. You can check out his code on Github, and the video here:

And this week, Brendan Kenny did a Maps Garage episode on Exploring Map Data with Crossfilter, where he demonstrates how to use a Google Map as a type of Crossfilter view, so that selections within histograms or graphs influence what is drawn on the map, while interactions with the map drive what is drawn in the other views.

That’s it for this week, have a great weekend and happy mapping!

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Mike Winton founded and leads Google’s global Developer Relations organization. He also enjoys spending time with his family and DJing electronic music.


Posted by Mano Marks, Maps Developer Relations Team