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23 Oct

Google Open-Sources Kartta Labs That Virtually Reconstructs Historical Maps

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Recently, Google Research has open-sourced a platform that can reconstruct historical cities in 3D visualisation, known as Kartta Labs. The platform is a modular and scalable designed scalable system for virtually reconstructing cities from historical maps and photos. The researchers introduced Kartta Labs as a collaborative time travel and explained that the ultimate goal of…

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07 Sep

Google Maps Keep Getting Better, Thanks To DeepMind’s ML Efforts

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Google users contribute more than 20 million pieces of information on Maps every day – that’s more than 200 contributions every second. The uncertainty of traffic can crash the algorithms predicting the best ETA. There is also a chance of new roads and buildings being built all the time. Though Google Maps gets its ETA…

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07 Feb

Google Maps Turns 15: With Artificial Intelligence, It’s Only Getting Better

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Google Maps has revolutionised how one travels around the world. Ever since its launch in 2005, Google maps have improved tremendously and today they can be used to view a street in 360 degrees, locate remote places, find safer and faster routes and look for recommendations. This product by Google has single handedly improved the…

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02 Jul

How Google Maps Can Predict Bus Delays & Traffic Jams Using Machine Learning

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Google Maps has single-handedly reduced the ambiguity of the commuters over the past decade. In India, where the majority of the population prefers public transport for a daily commute, Google Maps has a key role to play. From bus timings to route maps, Google services are quite significant. But, in densely populated countries like India,…

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07 Feb

Are Google Maps Really Free, Or Are We Sacrificing Privacy For These AI-Powered Services?

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There is no denying the fact that Google Map serves as a common pathfinder for hundreds of millions of people across the globe. However, there is a much darker side to this, because, in essence, Google harvests our data and pushes paid services towards us. Whenever we key in a location, Google’s advertising algorithm chooses…

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07 Feb

Are Google Maps Really Free, Or Are We Sacrificing Privacy For These AI-Powered Services?

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There is no denying the fact that Google Map serves as a common pathfinder for hundreds of millions of people across the globe. However, there is a much darker side to this, because, in essence, Google harvests our data and pushes paid services towards us. Whenever we key in a location, Google’s advertising algorithm chooses…

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28 Jan

Apple Maps vs Google Maps: How Apple Gears Up For A Fight With Google In India

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For almost eight years, Google Maps was the de facto mapping assistance on iOS and macOS devices, until Apple chose to release a competing version of the software in 2012. Nevertheless, what seemed like a quick move for the tech giant on paper ended up turning into a PR nightmare. Apple Maps received critique for…

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24 Jan

Corporates Starting To Act Upon Growing Concerns Against Location Sharing

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Location data is posing to be one of the biggest concerns in the digital network today. Most users do not wish to share their location anymore, others still ignore it just because they think they are not alone. But no matter what they wish, they are sharing location data in one way or another. Some…

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24 Jan

Corporates Starting To Act Upon Growing Concerns Against Location Sharing

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Location data is posing to be one of the biggest concerns in the digital network today. Most users do not wish to share their location anymore, others still ignore it just because they think they are not alone. But no matter what they wish, they are sharing location data in one way or another. Some…

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