Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation. As of 2022, Google Maps was being used by over 1 billion people every month around the world. Google Maps began as a C++ desktop program developed by brothers Lars and Jens 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 real time 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 third-party websites, and offers a locator for 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 would be transferred to the Google Local Guides program.
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Get the Google Map’s mug.At first it was just colored lines on a screen, now it's 3D and realistic. One could say that now Google Maps is beter than most video games.
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the act of searching for a place, directions, or whatever else one searches for on/in a map by using google maps
by googler28 July 18, 2009
Get the google maps-ing mug.1. v. To deceive someone into believing you are outside their house, or have been there recently, by screen-capping their house from street view in Google Maps and sending it to them as proof, as if it were a photo you took of it. Most effective when done to friends, family and acquaintances that live a sizable distance away.
2. To otherwise look up someone's address on Google Maps or Google Earth and look at their house in a stalker-like manner.
2. To otherwise look up someone's address on Google Maps or Google Earth and look at their house in a stalker-like manner.
-Is Ashley in town? She took a picture of my house and sent it to me.
-Nah, she just Google Maps-stalked you.
-You have a nice tree in your yard.
-Stop Google Maps-stalking me!
-Nah, she just Google Maps-stalked you.
-You have a nice tree in your yard.
-Stop Google Maps-stalking me!
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Get the Google Maps-stalk mug.A way to measure how big or important any given town is, by counting the number of times you must zoom in on Google Maps before the town's name becomes visible. Abbreviated as a GMZI.
New York City is 3 "google maps zoom-in"s
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When Google Maps gives you bogus directions or tells a store is somewhere it is not.
When Google Maps gives you bogus directions or tells a store is somewhere it is not.
Guy 1: Dude I looked for Wienerschnitzel for like thirty minutes before I realized that it wasn't where Google said it was.
Guy 2: Dude you just got full on Google Mapsed!
Guy 2: Dude you just got full on Google Mapsed!
by Leonardo, NJ February 22, 2010
Get the Google Mapsed mug.A type of software or application that allows a user to track the real-time location of another person or vehicle using Google Maps. The user can set up the software to receive notifications or updates on the location of the tracked person or vehicle, and can also view their location history over a certain period of time. Google Maps Follower is often used for personal safety and security, tracking employee or delivery fleet, or for keeping track of loved ones.
Person 1: "I've been worried about my kids lately, I think I'm gonna get a "Google Maps Follower" for their phones.
Person 2: "That's a great idea! It will give you peace of mind knowing where they are at all times"
Person 1: "Exactly. I'll be able to see where they are and make sure they're safe, and I can even set up notifications so I know when they leave school or get home."
Person 2: "That's a great idea! It will give you peace of mind knowing where they are at all times"
Person 1: "Exactly. I'll be able to see where they are and make sure they're safe, and I can even set up notifications so I know when they leave school or get home."
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