Ancoris Limited

Google Maps Platform

The Google Maps Platform gives you access to 3 mapping products, Maps, Routes and Places, allowing you to integrate Google Maps into your applications. The Google Maps Platform is available for multiple platforms and web services. Google Maps empowers you to create beautiful maps for your sites and apps.

Features

  • local data: Provide your application access to Google’s worldwide database
  • Routing and traffic: provide directions and routing
  • Predictive Travel Time: historical time of day and week
  • Distance Matrices: travel time and distance between many pairs
  • Address Auto-completion: Make address entry easy for your users
  • Forward and Reverse Geocoding: search for locations on the map
  • Street View: embed Street View panoramas into your application
  • Business, POI Search: access Google's worldwide database of business listings
  • Drawing Tools: enable your users to select areas
  • Real-Time Traffic: colour-coded to reflect the current traffic

Benefits

  • Make Better Decisions - Connect with unique insights
  • Deepen User Engagement - Increase visitor interactions
  • Streamline Operations - Monitor, manage and protect important assets

Pricing

£0.50 a unit

  • Free trial available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 13

Service ID

4 8 1 5 7 8 5 7 8 5 2 4 9 8 5

Contact

Ancoris Limited Andre Azevedo | Jen Holroyd | Sean McAndrew
Telephone: +44 (0) 3452626747
Email: gcloud@ancoris.com

Service scope

Software add-on or extension
No
Cloud deployment model
Public cloud
Service constraints
No
System requirements
Internet Connectivity with a modern web browser

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Email or online ticketing
Support response times
P1: 30 mins
P2: 1 hour
P3-P4: 4 hours
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
Yes
Online ticketing support accessibility
None or don’t know
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
24 hours, 7 days a week
Web chat support
No
Onsite support
Yes, at extra cost
Support levels
Google provides a single level of support for Google Maps in line with other enterprise service providers.

Ancoris Also provide an enhanced Support Service -please see our related entry in the "Support" section - "Google Maps API Support services", which provide onboarding , health check, usage monitoring and roadmap services
Support available to third parties
Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

Getting started
Google provides a proven business transformation framework based on highly regarded research in accredited universities.

Ancoris also provide an enhanced Support Service which assists in onboarding users -please see our related entry in the "Support" section - "Google Maps API Support services", which provide onboarding , health check, usage monitoring and roadmap services
Service documentation
Yes
Documentation formats
  • HTML
  • PDF
End-of-contract data extraction
No data is stored with the service
End-of-contract process
Access to the APIs is terminated

Using the service

Web browser interface
Yes
Supported browsers
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
Application to install
No
Designed for use on mobile devices
Yes
Differences between the mobile and desktop service
Separate SDKs / APIs are available for iOS and Android
Service interface
No
User support accessibility
None or don’t know
API
Yes
What users can and can't do using the API
All functionality is available via the APIs
API documentation
Yes
API documentation formats
HTML
API sandbox or test environment
No
Customisation available
No

Scaling

Independence of resources
Google Maps is powered by a massively scaleable infrastructure which already services more than 1 Billion users. The addition of any practicable number of users has a very low impact

Analytics

Service usage metrics
Yes
Metrics types
The Google Maps Support Portal provides analytics on how and when the APIs have been used in detail. Including what API has been used, interactions (zoom, pan), page views and map loads down to every minute
Reporting types
Real-time dashboards

Resellers

Supplier type
Reseller providing extra support
Organisation whose services are being resold
Google

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Other security clearance
Government security clearance
Up to Security Clearance (SC)

Asset protection

Knowledge of data storage and processing locations
Yes
Data storage and processing locations
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
  • Other locations
User control over data storage and processing locations
No
Datacentre security standards
Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
Penetration testing frequency
At least once a year
Penetration testing approach
In-house
Protecting data at rest
Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
Data sanitisation process
Yes
Data sanitisation type
Explicit overwriting of storage before reallocation
Equipment disposal approach
In-house destruction process

Data importing and exporting

Data export approach
N/A
Data export formats
CSV
Data import formats
CSV

Data-in-transit protection

Data protection between buyer and supplier networks
TLS (version 1.2 or above)
Data protection within supplier network
TLS (version 1.2 or above)

Availability and resilience

Guaranteed availability
Contractually Google's Service Level is guaranteed to 99.9% availability for any calendar month and backed with service credits.
Approach to resilience
All data is redundantly stored across a minimum of 3 data centers
Outage reporting
Google provides customer alerts and a public uptime dashboard here: https://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en-GB&v=status. The dashboard advises across the G Suite services on degradation or downtime.

Identity and authentication

User authentication needed
Yes
User authentication
Username or password
Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels
Depending on administrator preference, users can be signed in via a federated identity service, including AD or use G Suite as their identity backend. 2 Factor authentication is supported and can be enforced.
Access restriction testing frequency
At least every 6 months
Management access authentication
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

Access to user activity audit information
No audit information available
Access to supplier activity audit information
No audit information available
How long system logs are stored for
Between 1 month and 6 months

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001
Ernst & Young
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
15/04/2015
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
Any service not listed on the ISO certificate is not covered.
ISO 28000:2007 certification
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
No
Cyber essentials plus
Yes
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
  • HIPAA
  • Ferpa

Security governance

Named board-level person responsible for service security
Yes
Security governance certified
Yes
Security governance standards
ISO/IEC 27001
Information security policies and processes
Our customers and regulators expect independent verification of security, privacy and compliance controls. Google undergoes several independent third party audits on a regular basis to provide this assurance. This means that an independent auditor has examined the controls present in our data centers, infrastructure and operations.

Operational security

Configuration and change management standard
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Configuration and change management approach
Google maintains security and patching of the host OS environments.
Vulnerability management type
Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
Vulnerability management approach
Google have long enjoyed a close relationship with the security research community. To honor all the cutting-edge external contributions that help Google keep users safe, Google maintain a Vulnerability Reward Program for Google-owned web properties, running continuously since November 2010. More information can be found here: https://www.google.com/about/appsecurity/reward-program/
Protective monitoring type
Supplier-defined controls
Protective monitoring approach
Within Google, members of the information security team review security plans for all networks, systems and services. They provide project-specific consulting services to Google’s product and engineering teams. They monitor for suspicious activity on Google’s networks, address information security threats, perform routine security evaluations and audits, and engage outside experts to conduct regular security assessments. We specifically built a full-time team, known as Project Zero, that aims to prevent targeted attacks by reporting bugs to software vendors and filing them in an external database.
Incident management type
Supplier-defined controls
Incident management approach
We have a rigorous incident management process for security events that affect the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of systems or data. If an incident occurs, the security team logs and prioritizes it according to its severity. Events that directly impact customers are assigned the highest priority. This process specifies courses of action, procedures for notification, escalation, mitigation, and documentation. Google’s security incident management program is structured around the NIST guidance on handling incidents (NIST SP 800–61). Key staff are trained in forensics and handling evidence in preparation for an event, including the use of third-party and proprietary tools

Secure development

Approach to secure software development best practice
Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

Connection to public sector networks
No

Social Value

Fighting climate change

Fighting climate change

We help organisations reduce their carbon footprint by migrating to the cloud. Depending on where you run your systems today, you can reduce up to 80% of your carbon emissions by moving to the Cloud. In fact, we have created a service called GreenLab, which helps organisations discover their current infrastructure, map out their footprint and build a business case which adds sustainability to the migration plan.
This is one of the reasons why we partner with Google Cloud, which is widely recognised as the "cleanest cloud". In 2007, Google was the first major company to commit to and achieve carbon neutrality. Since 2017 Google matched 100% of electricity consumption to neutralize all of their operational emissions since their founding. And are aiming higher - to run on carbon-free energy, 24/7, at all of their data centers by 2030.
Equal opportunity

Equal opportunity

Ancoris is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.
But we go beyond that. For example, we partner with Generation, a charity which helps candidates from all different backgrounds to get into technology through training and subsequent placement with tech companies. We continuously work on improving our recruitment processes and employer value proposition to ensure we are able to both attract and retain the most diverse pool of talent. We are also committed to promoting talent from within, which enables our diverse employee base to continually develop and rise to the top of the organisation.

Pricing

Price
£0.50 a unit
Discount for educational organisations
No
Free trial available
Yes
Description of free trial
Free version gives full access to APIs for $200 worth of credit

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at gcloud@ancoris.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.