Stadia News

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Published: 4/8/2025

Introducing Stadia Maps Geocoding & Search v2: Supercharge Your Search

Smarter, faster, cheaper Search is here! We're adding 14M+ new places & addresses, serving faster & more accurate results, reducing autocomplete costs by 80%, and making forward geocoding available for everyone.

Published: 3/7/2025

2025 Satellite Imagery Map Refresh

The 2025 imagery refresh extends 30cm resolution coverage, enhances mosaics at 30cm, 50cm, and 1.5m, and renews imagery throughout our complete map portfolio.

Published: 2/19/2025

Announcing Foursquare OS Places Beta

Our latest geocoding update includes more data, smarter searches, and better localization.

Published: 12/3/2024

Ferrostar: Building a Cross-Platform Navigation SDK in Rust (Part 2 - iOS Packaging)

A deep dive into building and packaging a cross-platform navigation SDK for iOS.

Published: 10/14/2024

Autocomplete Search for SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose

We're making it easier than ever to add autocomplete search to your apps with customizable views for SwiftUI and Jetpack Compose.

Published: 10/7/2024

Our SwiftUI DSL Is Joining the MapLibre Family

Our SwiftUI DSL makes it easier than ever to build apps with maps. And now it's an official MapLibre project!

Published: 9/12/2024

Fall 2024 Credit Schedule Updates

Increased matrix element limits, navigation aids with OSRM support for routing, and adjustments to the credit schedule.

Published: 8/23/2024

Bulk Geocoding API Is Now Available

Announcing Bulk Geocoding: we're making it easier to geocode large datasets with our bulk geocoding API.

Published: 7/26/2024

Official SDK for PHP is Now Available

We're making it easier to access geocoding, routing, elevation, and time zone APIs in PHP.

Published: 5/14/2024

Custom markers and POST support for Static Maps

Enhance your static maps with custom marker images, and bypass the URL length limit with POST requests.

Published: 4/12/2024

2024 Satellite Imagery Map Refresh

The 2024 imagery refresh brings vibrant global color, expands 50cm resolution coverage, introduces 30cm high-resolution imagery in major cities, and refreshes imagery across our entire map portfolio.

Published: 3/26/2024

Announcing Cacheable Static Maps

Cache your static maps for digital or print use with our new endpoint.

Published: 3/20/2024

Announcing Version 2 of our Official SDKs

We've added new routing and elevation API features in our latest SDK releases.

Published: 11/15/2023

Ferrostar: Building a Cross-Platform Navigation SDK in Rust (Part 1)

The first in a series of technical blog posts covering cross-platform mobile development in Rust.

Published: 9/4/2023

Sponsorship of Two Open Data Projects

We continue our support of the open-source community by sponsoring two organizations: The OpenStreetMap Foundation and OpenAddresses.

Published: 7/27/2023

Stamen Design × Stadia Maps

Stadia Maps and Stamen Design are pleased to announce a long-term partnership to build mapping services to make great maps accessible to everyone.

Published: 7/20/2023

New SDK for Swift is Now Available

Helping iOS developers build modern mapping experiences even faster with Stadia Map SDKs.

Published: 7/19/2023

Major Update to Our Geocoding and Autocomplete Search Data

We have improved over 50 million US addresses' completeness, accuracy, and searchability.

Published: 7/4/2023

Three New SDKs and MapLibre GL JS Search Plugin Are Now Available

New JavaScript, Python, and Kotlin SDKs, along with a MapLibre GL JS Search Plugin, are now available.

Published: 6/15/2023

Generally Available: Geocoding & Autocomplete Search with SDKs

Build modern mapping experiences with autocomplete search and efficient operations with flexible geocoding APIs.

Published: 6/13/2023

European Union-only Endpoints Are Now Available

Stadia Maps now offers European Union-only endpoints, ensuring users' requests never leave the EU.

Published: 1/25/2023

Satellite Maps Are Now Available

The wait is over! Our satellite basemaps are now available. Turn the earth into your canvas today.

Published: 1/12/2023

New Plans & Pricing in 2023

Announcement: We've released new plans and pricing.

Published: 12/16/2022

Map Style Improvements and House Number Layer

Improved Alidade Smooth and Outdoors map styles, and added house numbers.

Published: 12/5/2022

Announcing Simplified Account-Based Billing

We've simplified billing by moving to a single subscription per account.

Published: 9/9/2022

Announcing Improved Static Maps with Customizable Lines

Improved Static Maps with Customizable Lines: Add polylines to static maps and improved performance in India

Published: 7/28/2022

Announcing Time Zone APIs and a Documentation Refresh

Product Update: Time zone API release and a much-needed documentation overhaul.

Published: 12/9/2020

Mapbox GL JS v2 Licensing and Stadia Maps

An Update on Mapbox GL JS v2 Licensing and Stadia Maps

Published: 7/2/2020

Product Update: Improved Tiles, a New Tier, and Stadia Maps News

Product Update: improved map tiles, a new pricing tier, and more news from about the web.

Published: 4/15/2020

Helping Businesses Deliver Location Experiences Before, During, and After COVID-19

How we are helping businesses deliver location experiences before, during, and after COVID-19.

Published: 3/4/2020

Enhanced Documentation and Introducing mkjsfiddle

We've enhanced our documentation with JSFiddle integration and open-sourced the code we used to do it!

Published: 11/6/2019

Announcing Elevation Data

Taking our services to the next level: elevation data at a point, along a path, and for elevation-influenced routing.

Published: 8/26/2019

Mapping Infrastructure v2 Release

A revamped mapping data pipeline, improved map data and themes, and a look to the future.