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-as of [30 MARCH 2024]–
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-‘google maps’ is a ‘web mapping service’ developed by ‘google’–
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(it offers…)
‘satellite imagery’
‘street maps’
‘360° panoramic views’ of ‘streets’
(aka “street view”),
“real-time traffic conditions”
(aka “google traffic”),
and route planning for traveling by… ‘foot’, ‘car’, ‘bicycle’ (in ‘beta’), or ‘public transportation’)
(“google maps” began as a “C++ desktop program” designed by “‘lars’ + ‘jens’ eilstrup rasmussen” at “where 2 technologies”)
(in ‘october 2004’, the company was acquired by ‘google’, which converted it into a ‘web application’)
(after additional acquisitions of a ‘geospatial data visualization company’ and a ‘realtime traffic analyzer’, ‘google maps’ was launched in ‘february 2005’)
(the service’s ‘front end’ utilizes ‘JavaScript’, ‘XML’, and ‘Ajax’)
(‘google maps’ offers an ‘API’ that allows ‘maps’ to be embedded on “3rd-party websites”, and offers a ‘locator for ‘urban businesses’ and other ‘organizations’ in numerous ‘countries’ around the ‘world’)
(‘google map maker’ allowed users to collaboratively ‘expand’ and ‘update’ the service’s mapping worldwide but was discontinued from ‘march 2017’)
(however, crowdsourced contributions to ‘google maps’ were not discontinued as the ‘company’ announced those features will be transferred to google’s “local guides program”)
(“google maps’ ‘satellite view’ is a “top-down” or “birds eye” view; most of the ‘high-resolution imagery’ of ‘cities’ is ‘aerial photography’ taken from ‘aircraft’ flying at 800 to 1,500 feet (240 to 460 m), while most other ‘imagery’ is from ‘satellites’)
(much of the available ‘satellite imagery’ is no more than “3 years old” and is updated on a regular basis)
(*that’s a really ‘strange’ (read: “(REALLY) DUMB”) way of putting it you lazy ‘wikiwriter’!)
(‘google maps’ uses a close variant of the ‘mercator projection’, and therefore cannot accurately show areas around the ‘poles’)
(the current redesigned version of the ‘desktop application’ was made available in ‘2013’, alongside the “classic” (aka ‘pre-2013’) version)
(‘google maps’ for ‘android’ and ‘iOS’ devices was released in ‘september 2008’ and features ‘GPS turn-by-turn navigation’ along with dedicated parking assistance features)
(in ‘august 2013’, it was determined to be the world’s most popular app for smartphones, with over 54% of global smartphone owners using it at least once)
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(in ‘2012’, ‘google’ reported having over 7,100 ’employees’ + ‘contractors’ directly working in ‘mapping’)
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(24 december 2020)
(“thursday”)
(“christmas eve”)
(NOON)
*via ‘1-78 WEST’*
(from 1804 saint johns place)
(brooklyn NYC)
(to 91 carrar drive)
(watchung / NJ)
~ ’75 MINUTES’
(even on christmas eve?)
(arrive ~ 1:15PM)
(emily going to dinner @ 4)
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