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Interactive Maps

Unlock the full potential of dynamic map visualization in your web and mobile applications.

Azure Maps interactive map API provides advanced tools to create customizable, high-performance, map-based interactive applications that engage and inform your users.

Unlimited engagement possibilities

The Azure Maps offers a comprehensive suite of tools for bringing geographical data to life. Enrich your applications with customizable, interactive map-based visualizations.

High Performance

Leverage the power of WebGL to render large datasets with high efficiency for smooth interactions, even with complex visualizations.

Seamless Integration

Easily embed interactive maps into your applications and create a rich, interconnected experience with other Azure services.

Customizable Design

Extensive options for customization and branding to help you tailor your maps to fit the look and feel of your applications.

Scalable Solutions

Build solutions that grow with your application's needs, supported by the robust infrastructure of Azure Maps.

Versatile data visualization

From simple location markers to complex geographical shapes, the Azure interactive maps API facilitates a wide range of data visualization options that breathe life into your data sets.

 

Advanced Maps visualization

Incorporate dynamic elements like heatmaps for visualizing data density, clustering to simplify crowded data points, and spatial analysis to uncover hidden patterns.

 

Live data integration

Interactive maps API lets you integrate live data feeds directly into your maps such as tracking a fleet of vehicles in real-time or updating weather conditions.

 

Interactive exploration

Features that make your map experience both informative and enjoyable. Users can dive deep into details that static maps cannot display, with intuitive controls for zooming, panning, and rotating.

 

Custom content and imagery

Tailor your maps to your specific needs such as highlighting areas of interest with custom markers or showcasing unique geographical features. The interactive maps API allows you to personalize your content, imagery, and themes.

 

WebGL technology

Azure’s interactive maps API effortlessly renders large datasets and complex visualizations with high performance, giving users smooth, lag-free interactions even on data-intensive maps.

Azure Maps Mapping and Visualization SDK

The Azure Maps Web SDK includes an interactive maps API that enables developers to embed rich, dynamic maps directly into web or mobile applications, enhancing the user experience with detailed, interactive visualizations.

Azure Maps APIs

New spaces and dimensions

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Interactive Mapping

With Azure Maps Mapping & Visualization services, you can enable interactive map data visualization for a variety of applications. With Azure Maps SDKs, you can embed it into a variety of surfaces across the web or mobile to create a unique interactive experience for a variety of internal and external users.

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3D Visualization

Create stunning three-dimensional representations of buildings and landscapes to give your users a more immersive experience and perspective with Azure Maps’ interactive maps API.

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Everything you need

Take advantage of our comprehensive Azure Maps documentation, sample code, and developer tools to quickly integrate and deploy your interactive maps today.

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Our platform provides you with everything you need — from subscription keys for API authentication to a plethora of code samples, demos and SDKs.

Azure Developer Resources

Documentation

Complete with code samples, SDK support, and detailed explanations, this is a one-stop resource for enhancing your projects with the wide range of Azure Maps APIs.

Azure Code Samples

Samples

These pre-written snippets show how to perform various API calls for current weather, forecasts, and severe weather alerts, among other functionalities.

Frequently asked questions

  • The Interactive Maps API allows developers to integrate sophisticated, interactive mapping functionalities into web and mobile applications. It provides tools for creating dynamic, data-rich visualizations and user experiences.

  • Yes, the Azure Maps interactive API is cross-platform compatible, enabling developers to build map-centric applications that can run consistently across different operating systems and devices.

  • WebGL is a web technology that allows for the creation of interactive 3D graphics in a web browser. This enables Azure Maps to provide a rich and engaging mapping experience with data-intensive maps without the need for a dedicated graphics card.

  • Azure Maps’ dynamic map visualization technology provides comprehensive representations of multi-level buildings and complexes, including specific points of interest. This allows you to build indoor maps that enable users to navigate these environments effectively.

  • Yes. We provide developers with comprehensive documentation, sample code, and developer tools in our learning platform. Explore Azure support plans for help with the integration and use of the interactive maps API and other Azure Maps services in your projects.

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