# Using Google Maps

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'flutter\_map' is in no way associated or related with Google Maps

Google Maps' home page: <https://developers.google.com/maps>\
Google Maps' pricing page: <https://mapsplatform.google.com/pricing/>\
Google Maps' documentation page: <https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/tile/2d-tiles-overview>
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Raster 2D tiles from Google Maps is a relatively new offering, which makes Google Maps directly compatible with flutter\_map, whilst abiding by the Google Maps' ToS (which the previous method did not).
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Tile providers that also provide their own SDK solution to display tiles will often charge a higher price to use 3rd party libraries like flutter\_map to display their tiles. Just another reason to switch to an alternative provider.
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To display map tiles from Google Maps, a little more effort is needed, as they require a complex session token system.

Therefore, we haven't yet constructed a full guide, so please read the Google Developers documentation for more info:

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