So I followed the Master Class for the tracks and signals but now I am stuck on the part where Lucas uses an API Key for the google maps API since I dont know where to find my API. Any help would be appreciated!
Afaik, you need a Google Cloud developer account, which is created by just signing in with your ordinary Google account. Though I am not sure if it needs access to all Maps APIs or just a specific one, and I am also not sure if it's pay-as-you-go or free (until exceeded), as I haven't used it yet.
It's only the Static Maps API. Google needs payment data from you to set up the access, but I've been using it extensively since the editor was released and so far they have never actually charged anything as I am always within the monthly free allowance
Alright thank you but when I try to activate this I get an error saying to contact support does anyone know something about this?
Fun fact about the API keys. Matt said that even DTG themselves does not reach the API enough to get billed. And that's with several devs working 8 hours a day. Besides that, I think you will cache tiles for the entire route pretty quickly anyway.
