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This is perfect for situations when your users don’t need to interact with the map, a map is displayed in a feed of items, or you just need a small map to show with a marker. In my case, I wanted to create an app to flip through a list of nearby coffee shops to help feed my 24\/7 coffee obsession. I didn’t want to interact with the map; I just wanted the name, rating, and distance of the coffee shop to be overlaid on top of the map. Let’s go over how to start using Google Maps Lite in an app like this.<\/p>\n![\"Add](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/AddComponent-1024x300.png\")
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