---
title: "Google Maps Platform Drawing Library unavailable: 2026-05 | Harbyn"
description: "Google Maps Platform Drawing Library unavailable, effective May 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/google-maps/2026-09-29-drawing-library-unavailable"
last-updated: 2026-09-29
---

# Google Maps Platform Drawing Library unavailable

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/google-maps/2026-09-29-drawing-library-unavailable>.

Retirement - Google Maps Platform. high severity. In effect. History: recorded after the fact.

Drawing Library in the Maps JavaScript API, deprecated in August 2025, is unavailable as of May 2026. Google suggests alternatives such as Terra Draw.

The deadline passed on May 2026.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Google Maps Platform](https://harbyn.com/vendors/google-maps.md) |
| Kind | Retirement |
| Severity | high |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Sep 29, 2026 (undated by the vendor; already published when we first read the page) |
| Effective | May 2026 (month only; the vendor gave no day) |
| Added to Harbyn | Sep 29, 2026 |
| Lead time | Recorded after the fact: added 151 days after the deadline |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Google Maps Platform, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://developers.google.com/maps/deprecations> (deprecations, fetched 2026-09-29 02:31 UTC, sha256 `d60301033482401a292814d2418b1e21ca570e6e6ff124390e48c739e74e72a3`)

## Related changes

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- [KmlLayer functionality no longer available](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-maps/2026-10-22-kmllayer-functionality-no-longer-available.md) (Retirement, announced Oct 22, 2026)
- [PlaceContentConfigElement deprecated](https://harbyn.com/changes/google-maps/2026-10-22-placecontentconfigelement-deprecated.md) (Deprecation, announced Oct 22, 2026)

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[All upcoming deadlines](https://harbyn.com/deadlines.md)