Google Maps Preferences

From the Data Services preferences page, select Google Maps as the Type under Services. Then click Details...; a Google Maps dialog box will appear. You can then set the following Google Maps preferences parameters:

Field	Description
Server	Enter the Google Maps server name.
API Endpoint URL	Enter the URL for the Google API server that you want to connect to. The default is https://tile.googleapis.com.
API Key	Enter the API Key you obtained for the Google Maps 3D Dataset. To include the Google Maps tileset in your STK scenario, you need to provide STK with an API Key that is configured with permissions to access the “Maps Tiles API”. You can generate a personal API Key by signing into the Google Cloud Platform and following the instructions for Creating an API Key.

Field

Description

Server

Enter the Google Maps server name.

API Endpoint URL

Enter the URL for the Google API server that you want to connect to. The default is https://tile.googleapis.com.

API Key

Enter the API Key you obtained for the Google Maps 3D Dataset.

To include the Google Maps tileset in your STK scenario, you need to provide STK with an API Key that is configured with permissions to access the “Maps Tiles API”. You can generate a personal API Key by signing into the Google Cloud Platform and following the instructions for Creating an API Key.