Xamarin.Essentials provides developers with cross-platform APIs for their mobile applications. On this week's Essential API of the week we take a look at [Maps](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials-maps), which enables you to open the default map application on the users device to a specific location or start navigation to a location.
Show Notes:
[Xamarin.Essentials Documentation](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials)
[Xamarin.Essentials Getting Started Documentation](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials-getsta...)
[Maps Documentation](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials-maps)
[Source Code](https://aka.ms/motz-essentials-app)
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