Google Maps Engine Service Updates - 1/13/2012

[Dylan Lorimer]

Greetings GEB community. A list of user-facing GEB changes with today's update follows.

• WMS GetCapabilties will now pass back the user-supplied auth-token for use with subsequent GetMap requests.
• Launch of MapsDataLayer Javascript reference docs and the associated Javascript library for displaying GEB layers (public and private) on a Google Map.
• A new "getting started" overlay for first time users.
• Automatically generated thumbnails for vectors re-enabled on all accounts.
• An updated look for Google Earth Builder that includes a new aesthetic consistent with Google's new UI standards*.
• An updated data specifications article for supported data formats, sizes.

* We'll continue to iterate on this for the next few weeks, and until then you'll still find some widgets that are in the old aesthetic.