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New Google Maps API free credit system from March 1st 2025
In December 2024 Google made an announcement about a major overhaul of the monthly credit system (also known as the free quota) for the Google Maps API. In this article we explore and explain these changes.
Search Bar Widget launch announcement
We're delighted to announce the launch of a new Search Bar Widget for our Store Locator Service. This is a search bar which can be added to another page on your website such as the home page or to the header or footer of your website so that visitors can search for addresses from your home page
New default Google Maps style announced
The Google Maps JavaScript API team announced on March 18th 2024 that they will be adjusting the default Google Maps style as used by your store locator if you use the Google Maps mapping service.
New and improved ExpressMaps map tiles
ExpressMaps is one of our three built in mapping services and has recently received a major update that improves the amount of map detail at high zoom levels.
Continuous software improvement #6
Part 6 in our continuous software improvement brings you another list of improvements to our store locator software designed to increase the flexibility of our offering so you can customize your locator to your customer or business requirements.
New Feature: Stores page bulk operations
We've added a feature to make it easier to Copy, Rename, Delete, Show or Hide multiple stores in your store list in one go.
New Feature: Account Duplication
Agencies / Designers and our Enterprise customers are now able to duplicate existing accounts when creating a new account.
New Feature: Image Groups, Stacks and Lightboxes
We've added three new image element types to the Layouts page to allow you to add groups of images to your store locator without needing to add an image element for every separate image as was the case previously.
Marker numbering feature now available for ExpressMaps and Mapbox
We've added the popular Marker numbering feature to both ExpressMaps and Mapbox.