http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/12/trulia-google-maps-api-2.jpg As aggressive as Google has been about pushing updates to Google Maps for Android, large swaths of those additions have been unavailable to third-party app developers. They’re now on a more level playing field now that a version 2.0 Maps API is rolling out the door. The revamp is more accommodating of tablets and other big-screen gear through support for Android Fragments; many of Maps’ more advanced information layers, such as indoor maps, are likewise exposed to those who don’t work at a Google campus. The additions are already finding their way into apps from Trulia and a handful of others, but every other mobile developer with a cartographic bent can hit the source to upgrade their handiwork.
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