The Flex template for web uses the Google Maps API for showing a map and in searching locations in the search autocompletion. This document describes how to setup the API key for the API requests to work properly.
Go to the Google Maps JavaScript API V3 Reference, click on the "GET A KEY" button in the top bar, and follow the instructions. You can copy the given key to your application now.
Follow the instructions in the Getting started section of the Places library documentation to enable using the Google Places API Web Service.
The application uses the REACT_APP_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY environment variable for the key value. For
local development, you can add the variable in the Gitignored .env file in the project root:
REACT_APP_GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY=my-key-here
The location autocomplete input in the landing page and the topbar can be configured to have specific locations shown by default when the user focuses on the input and hasn't yet typed in any searches. This reduces the typing required for common searches, and also reduces the need to use the Google Places geolocation API that much.
The default locations can be configured in src/components/LocationAutocompleteInput/GeocoderGoogleMaps.js.