Students:

Valerie Cortez
Rashell Vidal
Madeline Quintero
Level: 12°J
 HISTORY
-In 2003, Lars and his brother, Jens Rasmussen, along with
Australians Noel Gordon and Stephen Ma, co-founded Where 2
Technologies, a mapping-related start-up in Sydney, Australia.
Google bought this company in October 2004 to create the popular
free, browser-based software Google Maps.

-Google Maps was first announced on the Google Blog on February

8, 2005. It was originally to support only Internet Explorer and
Mozilla Firefox users, but support for Opera and Safari was added
on February 25, 2005. The software was in its beta phase for six
months, before becoming part of Google Local on October 6, 2005.
 DEVELOPMENT
Google Maps has come a long journey during these nineteen
years. It has evolved and has become the service par
excellence when consulting a map. From the web Maps
landed on mobile devices and its success increased.
 CHARACTERISTICS
Zoom
Allows you to zoom in and out of
the map to show different levels of
detail.
Movement Control
The user can control the map with
the mouse or arrow keys to move to
the desired location.
Address Navigation
Users can enter an address,
intersection, or general area to
search the map
Local Searches
Search results can be restricted to a specific
area, allowing you to find restaurants, hotels,
theaters, and other businesses in that location
Routes and
Directions
Allows you to create steps and get
directions to a specific address,
calculating time and distance
between locations.
Street View
Offers a 360-degree panoramic
view from the street, allowing you
to explore a location and locate
businesses optimally
 POPULARITY
-With the introduction of search tools and map movement, interest in the use of
satellite imagery, both for research and personal purposes, has grown.
Along with the uses, sites have been created that seek to create the database of places
known and seen from space, such as stadiums, old buildings, etc.
-Another use that is being given to the service is the exchange of photos (like Flickr),
creating the category of memory maps, in which the copies of the Keyhole images are
used to show the photos of each person's homes or other places of interest.
 PROGRAM
G G
Google launched Google Earth to Examples of Google Maps "hacks"
customize the use of maps and include locating Craigslist rental
place street names without losing properties, calling 911 in Seattle,
information. and crime data in Chicago.

O L
Users have developed code to In June 2005, Google released its
improve the capabilities of the Google Maps API, making official
Google Maps interface. changes to the interface.

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Tools use images hidden by Google The API is free for any website that
to personalize and display specific has the official developer
data. password.
 Using Google Maps with
COVID-19
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, those from Mountain
View decided to add a new layer on this disease in
Google Maps to mark the areas with the greatest
increase in cases in recent days, a layer that could be
consulted in the app for both iPhone and Android as a
guide.
This layer that showed the trends of COVID-19
worldwide has disappeared silently, although Google
already confirmed a few weeks ago in a paragraph in
the help of the application.
Google Maps pulled a seven-day average of COVID-19
cases in specific areas to show where the virus was
spreading the fastest, present in all countries that
support Google Maps.
 Using GOOGLE MAPS by GOOGLE

-Measuring the distance -Looking back in time

between various points. with Street View history
-Google Maps integrates
-Measuring the area of a
with Google Apps
given area.
-Sharing location -Integrating Maps with other
with family and applications in the Google ecosystem,
friends specifically the calendar and Gmail
-Adding event locations
and including them in -Displaying directions from the
Google Maps through the current location to the destination
Maps preview sidebar when selecting an address in the
sidebar.
 LOCAL GUIDE
Google Maps implements functions to explore
the city in which you are, showing you nearby
restaurants, cafes or attractions, among other
things, so you can make plans or find where to
dine. And of course, as do other services such
as TripAdvisor or Yelp!, it is important to have
the opinions of users who have been to these
sites so that whoever wants to find out can
take into account the experience of others.
 GUIDES CONNECT
Local Guides Connect is an online forum where you can meet
other Local Guides, share your discoveries, stay up to date on
the latest products, and much more. You can also suggest
improvements to the Local Guides program and Google Maps
features.
USING GOOGLE MAPS FOR MASS
SURVEILLANCE
By clicking on the blue dot on Google Maps, we
can see nearby places.
We can find out where a person is at that moment.
We may share our location with others.

We can calibrate the compass of the device.

We may report any issue related to the app.

We can save the place where we parked our vehicle.

 MASHUPS
Google Maps mashups are web applications
or computer programs that combine Google
Maps maps and services with other data or
content from third parties to create an
interactive and personalized experience.
These mashups allow developers to use the
interface and features of Google Maps to
display geographic information in
combination with other data sets.
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