Google Maps
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- The Irritating Aspect of Spiciness; Improving Pharmacies Somewhat … And! You, the store or pharmacy operator, I bet you could share that data with Google and Google could figure it out for you because Google Maps and …
- It's (not) the economy stupid; gaining convenience at the expense of agency … I use Apple Maps because it’s honestly good-enough and cleaner than Google Maps. But this September with the next release of iOS, Apple are going to …
- What does it take to trust?; The Young Lady’s Illustrated Tour Guide … Look: “Gemini isn’t nearly as good of a conversationalist as ChatGPT, but its ability to hook into Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Docs [4] is what makes …
- Five Short Things, including Google Vibe … Google announced this thing, Immersive View , for Google Maps, which is basically "what if maps and 3d engines and data, but not too much yet". It combines things …
- Words and how to use them to achieve and convey your intended effect and meaning? … people, here is a Twitter microfiction/thread of some magical technology realism about Google Maps by @grahamvsworld . My friend Leigh Dodds has a good thread on data stewardship …
- Three Things … One of the better known examples of a tech moat is Justin O’Beirnes piece from 2017, Google Maps’s Moat , comparing how far Google Maps was ahead …
- The Location-based Pokemon Game Company … thus John Hanke, a Very Important Googler, responsible for — deep breath — Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Local, Streetview and more) would have until Hanke didn’t need to …
- Snow Crash Ch13, Part 2; Everything Is Political … With hindsight though, the data behind Earth, the satellite imagery, ended up being used in the nascent Google Maps service that debuted in 2005, itself an acquisition and …
- Jeremy Bearimy … which is the view we get from looking at what’s wrong with Google Maps, or what valuable features could be added to mapping products. The underlying user …
- Safer Routes Home? … I wish Google Maps had a "I'm walking home by myself at night" mode that would show you a way with well lit paths and open spaces …
- It Looks Like You're Trying To Write A Newsletter … so (ad agency voice) what if we turned on that front camera while you were using Google Maps or Apple Maps or whatever? What would we see? Would …
- Videogame Tourism; Principles for 21st Century Government … Which as we've seen from Google Maps and streetview - at the opposite end of the entertainment/utility spectrum, is *totally* a thing. But what if Assassin's …
- Recurring; Better, But Not Best … a blank look and a request for an address to be input into Google Maps. To be fair, this happens fairly often with any of the Uber levels …
- Engineering Serendipity; Genuinely Useful People Personalities; Hubris … to know about it afterwards? You could imagine a sort of integration with Google Maps, then: an *interestingness* option for route calculation. I want to get from point …
- (Re-send w/formatting fix) Episode Ninety Eight: Engineering Serendipity; Genuinely Useful People Personalities; Hubris … to know about it afterwards? You could imagine a sort of integration with Google Maps, then: an *interestingness* option for route calculation. I want to get from point …
- Recall; ATMs; … service hanging off a sirsi.net URL; c) one of the reasons why Google Maps is so horrendously bad is that when you search for "Vancouver Community Library …