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What's the difference between google api url https://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?key={api_key} which is not working now and return error when using on a map to populate coordinates, and https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key={api_key} which is working fine.

Motaz M. El Shazly
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RaghdaHussein
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    One uses the SSL protocol (starts with https://) whereas the other is a plain HTTP request (starts with http://). SSL is considered more secure for requests as data is encrypted by the browser before it is sent. See [this question](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/470523/how-does-ssl-really-work) for more detail – Jordan Burnett Oct 15 '18 at 11:46

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According to the google maps documentation, the "googleapis" (V3) is the standard now. Maybe for mayor security because it use "https" secure connection instead of regular "http" or even core changes in the API.

Here is the steps for update your site: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/v2tov3

Alvargon
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