Upcoming changes: 3.11 becomes release version on Feb 15; changes to default version provided

[Enoch Lau]

We will be making the current experimental version (3.11) the default version on or shortly after February 15, 2012. The versions will then be:

Experimental: 3.12

Release: 3.11

Frozen: 3.10

3.9 will be removed, and you will be provided with 3.10 if you request it.

At the same time, we will be making a change to the version provided by default (the version provided if you do not specify v= when loading the Maps API):

  - If you are using a Maps API for Business client ID, you will be provided with the release version by default.

  - If you are not a Maps API for Business customer, you will be provided with the experimental version by default.

Regardless of whether you are a Maps API for Business customer or not, you can add v=3 to always receive the current release version.

We encourage you to test your applications with 3.11 before February 15, which you can do by adding v=3.11 when loading the Maps API. If you like to live on the edge, you can add v=3.exp to always receive the current experimental version with all of its latest features.

For more information about Maps API versioning, see:

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/basics#Versioning

To report issues with any version of the API, see:

http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/list