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Azure Maps is a set of geospatial APIs, a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that offers many features to add intelligence location to your applications. This global Azure native service can be used in any type of subscription, if you are new to Microsoft Azure you can start a free account here.
Almost every application needs location capabilities, to look up or validate an address, visualize a map control, calculate routes or even more advance scenarios like integration with Internet of Things (IoT) for indoor mapping in Smart Building solutions. For whatever you need it, Azure Maps is here for you. In the following image, are some of the features you can get when you create an Azure Maps account:
Azure Maps introduced a new pricing model just last month (April 2021) providing a key advantage for companies adopting Cloud technologies, which is the dynamic cost, as you pay for what you use, here you can get more details about the new Pricing Gen 2 and the different tiers available.
In less than a minute you can create your Azure Maps account in your Azure Subscription, having a scale and reliability GIS solution with a 99.9% SLA.

In this Tech Blog you will get frequent tips and tricks about Azure Maps, but here you can find some of the resources we have available for you:
- https://aka.ms/AzureMapsSamples
- https://aka.ms/AzureMapsGettingStarted
- https://aka.ms/AzureMapsDocs
- https://aka.ms/AzureMapsBlog
- https://aka.ms/AzureMapsVideos
- https://aka.ms/AzureMapsCaseStudies
If you have any question feel free to leave us a comment below, we are here to help you. Thank you for your attention.
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