How can I access the version number of the Google Maps API in Javascript?

Question

Does the Google Maps Javascript API have a property/method that returns its exact version number?

I need this info for debugging purposes.

Answer 1

To acccess exact version of Google Maps API one can check google.maps.version

Answer 2

When you include Google Maps API you can choose version of it. Example:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/jsapi?key=LONG_KEY_HERE"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
/*<![CDATA[*/
    google.load('maps', '2');
/*]]>*/
</script> 

Here we want to use version 2 of Google Maps API.