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| − | '''Google Maps''' is a Web, mobile app, and developer API service which displays maps of the Earth from global to local levels. It is "free" in the sense of not costing anything for consumer uses, but not in the sense of being actually open and free of proprietary content; that's why [[Open Street Map]] was created as a noncommercial | + | '''Google Maps''' is a Web, mobile app, and developer API service which displays maps of the Earth from global to local levels. It is "free" in the sense of not costing anything for consumer uses, but not in the sense of being actually open and free of proprietary content; that's why [[Open Street Map]] was created as a noncommercial alternative to this and other commercial map services. There is also a Google Earth app which features some of the same images visible in Google Maps, but presented in a zoomable globe of the entire world. |
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| + | == Formats used == | ||
| + | * [[IGB]] (3-D models) | ||
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| + | == Naming and numbering systems used == | ||
| + | * [[Plus code]] | ||
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* [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/critical-opalescence/2013/11/11/what-happens-to-google-maps-when-tectonic-plates-move/ What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move?] | * [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/critical-opalescence/2013/11/11/what-happens-to-google-maps-when-tectonic-plates-move/ What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move?] | ||
* [http://boingboing.net/2014/02/10/on-the-road-converted-to-ebook.html On the Road converted to ebook of Google Maps directions] | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/02/10/on-the-road-converted-to-ebook.html On the Road converted to ebook of Google Maps directions] | ||
| + | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/03/31/google-maps-spam-problem-pre.html Google Maps' spam problem presents genuine security issues] | ||
| + | * [http://junkee.com/google-maps-has-been-tracking-your-every-move-and-theres-a-website-to-prove-it/39639#v3vfWJQhu7SSlIAY.01 Google Maps Has Been Tracking Your Every Move, And There’s A Website To Prove It] | ||
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| + | [[Category:Websites and online services]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:05, 22 September 2018
Google Maps is a Web, mobile app, and developer API service which displays maps of the Earth from global to local levels. It is "free" in the sense of not costing anything for consumer uses, but not in the sense of being actually open and free of proprietary content; that's why Open Street Map was created as a noncommercial alternative to this and other commercial map services. There is also a Google Earth app which features some of the same images visible in Google Maps, but presented in a zoomable globe of the entire world.
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[edit] Formats used
- IGB (3-D models)
