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Google Maps – google.com/maps – is a web mapping service developed by Google. It offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° panoramic views (Street View), real-time traffic conditions (Google Traffic), and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bicycle, and public transportation.
For gamification fans, Google Maps ranks users’ contributions – photos, reviews and fact-checking. It’s not clear how photos connect (or do not connect) to one’s Google Photos account.
Key Links
google.com/maps
Headlines
People keep finding late loved ones on Google Maps – Vox
Six Reasons Why Google Maps Is the Creepiest App On Your Phone
http://simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html
Google Maps Just Introduced a Controversial New Feature That Drivers Will Probably Love (But Police Will Utterly Hate)
https://www.pcmag.com/feature/328592/33-google-maps-tricks-you-need-to-try
How to Plan a Road Trip With Google Maps – Brian Eagan
Local Guides points
Earn points by contributing content to Google Maps. Score a place with ratings, describe your experience with reviews, share photographs and videos, provide insights with answers, respond to questions about a place, update information with place edits, add missing places, or verify information by checking facts.
| Maps contribution | Points earned |
|---|---|
| Review | 5 points per review |
| Review with more than 200 characters | 5 bonus points per review |
| Rating | 1 point per rating |
| Photo | 5 points per photo |
| Video | 7 points per video |
| Answer | 1 point per answer |
| Respond to Q&As |
Tutorials
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/
https://www.google.com/intl/ALL/permissions/geoguidelines.html
Example
Treasures in the Natural World Outside Las Vegas
https://goo.gl/maps/7jHsW3QLhM12
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