We’ll see the mapping companies (or companies that have mapping APIs) deliver key updates to these SDK (which today are pretty limited in scope) because they have to stay relevant. This brings up the key as to what I see happening here.

What Google Maps looks like and does in 2021 vs 2005 is amazing. In the end that competition to make the best API/SDK for a mapping environment drove a ton of innovation. From Google and Bing to Mapquest and Esri. Inside each we had many choices of mapping platforms to use. Back in the day we had two browsers, Firefox and Internet Explorer 6.

This is getting at the core of what these two platforms could be. In fact both Unreal and Unity marketplaces are littered with data sources you can plug in. I talk about how we used Mapbox Unity SDK at Cityzenith (though I have no clue if they still are). HERE, where I work, is teaming up with Unity to bring the Unity SDK and the HERE SDK to automotive applications. Someone asked me why I hadn’t commented on Cesium and Unreal getting together.

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