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Why Google Maps Is Showing “Lake America” Instead of “Lake Ontario” (and how to fix it)
If you use Google Maps on your website, you may have noticed a recent and unexpected change to the name of Lake Ontario. Google Maps is now displaying “Lake America” to users in the United States, while continuing to display “Lake Ontario” to users in Canada. Users in other countries may...
Introducing Pike's Peak: a new theme for your store locator widget
We're excited to announce the launch of Pike's Peak, a brand new theme for our store locator widget. Pike's Peak gives your locator a cleaner, more modern look right out of the box, so your customers can find their nearest location faster and with less friction.
New Feature: Automatic Browser Language Detection
We’ve added a new feature to our store locator platform that makes multilingual locators easier and more seamless for your customers to use
Quick Lookup field added to Store Editor
We've added a Quick Lookup field to the Store Editor in our admin console to make adding and editing store details much quicker.
Store List Widget launch announcement
We're pleased to announce the launch of a new addition to our widgets list which is a Store List Widget. This is a simple list of stores which can be added to any page on your website (including the page that your store locator is on if you want that) and it will show a searchable list of all your...
New Search Bar Layout available (and other Layout enhancements)
We've added a new layout for the Search Bar now available which allows you to move the Search Bar (including the Address search field and Filter fields) from the top row of the locator to above the Store List area.
Our Wordpress plugin now supports Mapbox and ExpressMaps
We've added Mapbox and ExpressMaps support to our Wordpress plugin alongside the existing Google Maps support.
New Google Maps API free credit system from March 1st 2025
In December 2024 Google made an announcement about a major overhaul of the monthly credit system (also known as the free quota) for the Google Maps API. In this article we explore and explain these changes.
Search Bar Widget launch announcement
We're delighted to announce the launch of a new Search Bar Widget for our Store Locator Service. This is a search bar which can be added to another page on your website such as the home page or to the header or footer of your website so that visitors can search for addresses from your home page