Azure Maps

What Azure Maps is

Azure Maps is a mapping service for Android, iOS and web applications. Its APIs cover data, geolocation, search, spatial calculations, imagery tiles, static map images, routing, traffic and base map tiles. Drive-time analysis and API access are available, and uploads can use KML, KMZ, GPX, GeoRSS, GML, GeoJSON, WKT, CSV or SHP formats. The Gen2 free tier is listed as free. It includes 5,000 free transactions each for Data, Geolocation, Search and Spatial Calculations; 1,000 each for Imagery Tiles, Static Map Images, Routing and Traffic; plus 5,000 for Base Map Tiles. A Gen2 usage-based plan is also listed, with discounts starting at 100,000 transactions per month, though no price is provided. The relevant allowance depends on which mapping services an application uses.