Google Maps Platform 2021 I/O announcement recap

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Beta tilt and rotation adds programmatic camera pitch and orientation so maps.js can show oblique views and keyboard/mouse control, while WebglOverlayView gives direct access to the vector map’s WebGL context so 2D and 3D objects (the demo’s 3D marker and travel tour) render on the map and behave correctly. Cloud-based map styling is GA and lets styles deploy from a UI without app code changes. Open-source Maps and Places KTX provides idiomatic Kotlin extensions for Android.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:54#1 Tilt and Rotation
3. 1:20#2 WebglOverlayView
4. 2:00#3 Cloud-based Maps Styling
5. 2:53#4 Maps and Places KTX Libraries
6. 3:20Wrap Up

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