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You will be connected directly with a highly skilled WordPress, PHP, and JavaScript engineer ready to bring your exact vision to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>External Services<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin integrates with and sends data to Google Maps APIs (specifically the Maps JavaScript API, Geocoding API, and Places API) to render the interactive map search, fetch location coordinates, and display autocompleted addresses.\n* <strong>Data Transmitted:<\/strong> User input addresses, coordinates (latitude\/longitude), and your Google Maps API Key are safely transmitted to Google's servers.\n* <strong>Privacy Policy:<\/strong> Google Privacy Policy https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\n* <strong>Terms of Service:<\/strong> Google Maps Platform Terms of Service https:\/\/cloud.google.com\/maps-platform\/terms<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n\n<h3>\u26a1 FREE VERSION FEATURES<\/h3>\n\n<ul>\n<li>\ud83d\udccd <strong>On-Map Instant Directions:<\/strong> Customers can get turn-by-turn routing from their current location directly on your map. 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