If You Think That Google Maps Is Free, Think Again
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- Have you ever wondered how Google Maps makes money? From the user perspective, Google Maps and it’s all of its insane resources whether it be satellite view, street view, or real-time traffic are all completely free to use. But, despite being free to the end user, it turns out that Google Maps actually pulls in quite a bit of revenue. In fact, Google Maps is expected to pull in $11 billion in revenue in 2023 which roughly values the business at $62 billion. You might be inclined to think that Google Maps makes all of their money through sketchy avenues like data collection or privacy invasion but Google Maps’ monetization is actually rather straightforward and ethical. They essentially allow businesses to pay a premium price in order to have custom branding and more visibility on Google Maps. Additionally, they also license out Google Maps through a variety of different avenues from direct map integrations to address autofill. This video tells the story of Google Maps and how Google Maps became a $62 billion business in its own right.
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0:00 - Google Maps
2:02 - An Underwhelming Start
5:27 - A Complete Do Over
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The actual monetization explanation does not start until about 8:42.
Or in one word, "API", charging companies like Uber for APIs. And premium listing.
thanks brother, saving me time
thanks for saving us time!
Thank you
@@sunmoon1234That, and having local businesses pay for advertising on the map.
Fun fact, if you can prove that you own the house you're living in to Google, you can get Google to blurr your house from maps.
why in gods name would you be submitting proofs and your identity to google? Man, that's even more stupid than giving twitter your driver's license.
@@dimensionaltravelerchanga1072 ask Google not me
Blurring your house though would likely actually draw more attention to it
@@dimensionaltravelerchanga1072 atleast you'll get your house blurred :D
@@l4krhaving your house blurred could cost you money. In the last year and a half a moving company a roofing company another company all used Google Street view to submit a bid on work for me.
Hearing “20 years ago” and the year starts with 2000 Is crazy.
bad news senpai... you're old.
bros pushing 80💀💀😭😭😭😭😭😭
Yep, I'm 19 already. I was born in 2005.
I knew that Maps earned from business ads and APIs. But the figures are astronomical than I thought.
Great Video ❤
Thanks man! It’s really quite crazy numbers
Google Maps does seem like a world-wide necessity. But not all Google services are without charges.
It’s definitely very useful
Nobody use it in China and they survived until now.
@@superwassou yeah because they use baidu maps instead lol, which is best for china because the government won't give the data to western companies
It's useful if you've never been there. But locals should know their place without it. Otherwise they're living in a dream-world, ie, their screen.
Please simplify.
One monetization not mentioned is the visibility of the business placeholder when zoomed further out. Look to an area with a bunch of stores & restaurants. When zoomed far out, you'll see maybe 2 of them. Zoom in a little bit and now you can see 6-8 of them. Zoom in even more and you'll see ALL of businesses. The first ones you saw in this example, PAID Google to be seen when zoomed further out.
I thought only the ones most clicked on are the ones in 1st place.
Rule #1: If it's free, then you're the product.
Rule #2: First learn rule #1 and don't be so shocked.
Sounds a lot like Buffett's rule of investing haha
piracy ftw
although severely limited :((((
Rule #3: if it's a paid service then you pay for being the product.
now days even when its not free you are still the product lol, so atleast get it free :)
I think they also earn from companies like food delivery who show real time tracking of delivery drivers, nearby restaurants based on location and other stuff
Good point
I'm certain they do! I delivered a lot during the pandemic and I could see this gradual push for trying to shave off a few minutes on a trip. Unfortunately, data isn't great because it would sometimes route me to toll roads for no reaon other than faster
@@lukecwolfif it’s faster and you have it set to fastest route, wouldn’t that mean it’s working as intended?
That is what he meant by API.
@@PhenomRom That depends on whether it's counting the time spent at the toll booth line or just the non-stop distance. Also even if it were faster, it'd still not be worth it if it's more expensive due to having to pay the toll.
I just love how Google influences some of us. I have a friend that used the GPS 1 time, and she always has gone the same way to work since. Even though its faster to go a different way, since there were more businesses the way she gos I'm pretty sure that's why it had her go that way.
I think the same thing happened with MapQuest. My parents used to make me print out two different variations of directions. They always choose the one that had the most landmarks to remember.
So is the range is shorter using Google route or it just her preference ?
@@uthopia27 Her preference, at least now. Same distance both ways, but one is almost always faster.
@@JeremyGunn11I wonder what time of day it was. Google will route based on traffic. When I used to have to drive to different clients for work, I would get routed different differently depending on traffic.
Maps lets you choose the most fuel efficient route or the fastest.
One thing people don't talk about enough is how much Google actually knows about you. Just talking about Maps alone, they know where you work and how you travel. Ever been somewhere before and Google asks you to give that store or restaurant a review? Then have you noticed that it stops asking you when you repeatedly visit the same location, such as maybe where you work? Then it gets your method of travel via multiple methods, not limited to GPS location and cell tower triangulation, but also just how your phone moves physically (gyro). That's just the very tip of the iceberg. This isn't to say it's entirely bad, and it can actually be quite useful sometimes, but I think it's important to be aware of what kind of information any given company, app, or service is gathering. It should also be noted that a lot of these things can be opted out of, either in the specific app, your Google account settings, or through OS level restrictions (such as your phone settings).
Its a win-win trade always when it comes to google maps. Stop being so scared lmao
@@TheMrleeyang It might be a win-win on the surface level, but the issue is all of the data that is kept, stored, and sold. I don't know about you, but I'm not a big fan of some corporation, or really anything for the matter, knowing where I am or what I'm doing nearly 24/7. The argument to that is always something along the lines of "I've got nothing to hide". In which case, I'd ask that person to tell all of their friends, family, neighbors, and every stranger they meet all about their personal lives and information.
This also isn't fear, this is simply the reality. It's solvable, and anyone with a bit of knowledge can figure out how to prevent this level of tracking, but all of this is enabled by default. There's no harm in warning people of the risks. For somebody like you, my warning shouldn't concern you. But then, this comment isn't for you in the first place.
One last thing, this isn't just Google Maps. Google uses information from all of its services to build a digital fingerprint of you specifically. This is extremely invasive technology, not just in information gathering, but also predictive algorithms. People should be aware of this so that they may choose to opt-out if they wish. The only place I don't mind being tracked at this level is TH-cam as it's nice to always be recommended exactly what I want at the right time. But I definitely don't want this happening anywhere else.
It's only a matter of time before google becomes completely evil. They have refused to cooperate the most obvious privacy abuses (such as tracking down protestors in China), for now. There's a reason why TikTok is getting banned in more and more places.
Now Google knows you know about them,
@@MightyDantheman Did you seriously say you're warning people of the risks? Of what risks? I don’t know if it’s paranoia, delusion, ignorance. Maybe all three. But I’ve definitely notice that people who say the things you’re saying, they know how to use technology, but they don’t actually know how it works. So they develop a “I don’t trust corporations" mentality and then try to pass that misguided paranoia onto others by warning them to also not trust the big corporation who’s always watching. 🤣
In all seriousness, why do you have a smartphone? I’ve never understood people who say they don’t want to be tracked and spied on, yet they choose what is essentially a mini computer as their choice of cell phone. You don’t want a corporation to know where you are 24/7, but you’re literally connected to a corporation’s network and servers 24/7 because you’re using a phone that stays connected to the internet 24/7.
You say you don’t want Google tracking you, but it’s perfectly fine for TH-cam to do it? I am so confused.
I'm immensely impressed by the extent Google maps went to, they have street views for even the most remote streets and roads in third world countries
Yeah, I lived on a rice field, in the Philippines, a km from a paved road... my house is clearly visible on google maps. Seems crazy, but they did a great job! 😎
still very bad coverage of Belyai settlement in Tomsk region, and Ust-Omchug in Magadan region
@@EvgenyUskov Russia in general has poor coverage.
@@EvgenyUskov That's because they don't want to get murdered or turned into a lampshade while mapping a road.
I live in a city with 200-300 thousand people and my road hasn't been updated since 2011
You should have mentionned that Google Maps, just like all other parts of Google (google search, google docs, etc.) also makes money by selling your personal info. In the case of google maps, it checks what keywords you search for, how long do you linger on each location (which measures your interest), tracks all the routes you travel on, and sells this to marketing and logistics companies.
This is wrong as far as I know!
Don't spread misinformation, Google does not sell your data. They do use it themselves, yes. But they don't sell it!
this is a common misconception, Google would never sell their most valuable asset (info about you), instead they allow advertisers to target specific people with their ads, lets say a company want to advertise to 21-25 year old women in the US, the advertising company will pay Google to display their ads to those people, but Google never gave your personal info to the advertising company
Because they don't. Its a bad conspiracy theory. They hoard the secrecy of your data like its patented because choosing ads for you amongst other things is their bread and butter and no one else is allowed to take this advantage of your data from them.
The only time google has monetized itself without bad privacy
Tracking everyone in the world to the inch isn't bad privacy?
@@JacksonCampbellLike a phone book?
@@Sammysapphira No, like Google Maps GPS device tracking.
That's completely untrue, google tracks everything you do and sells your info to marketing companies, and this extends to all their sidelines like google maps or gmail.
@@noseboop4354 this is a common misconception, Google would never sell their most valuable asset (info about you), instead they allow advertisers to target specific people with their ads, lets say a company want to advertise to 21-25 year old women in the US, the advertising company will pay Google to display their ads to those people, but Google never gave your personal info to the advertising company
Google's best selling products are us, its users
00:03 Google Maps is not as free as it seems
01:43 Google monetizes Maps indirectly with creative methods.
03:20 Google's key acquisitions and the launch of Google Maps
05:01 Google Maps did okay in the beginning
06:40 Google Maps became ubiquitous through smartphone adoption.
08:14 Creating and maintaining Google Maps cost billions of dollars.
09:55 Companies pay for Google APIs, like Google Maps and Google Places, which contribute significant revenue to Google.
11:34 Google Maps has an incredible amount of power.
thanks
My friend calls this free market and voluntary monopoly because Google offers best service to individual customer
I use satellite and street view in Maps all the time. My spatial intelligence isn't all that great and so being able to see the actual world laid out onto the map makes the map easier to conceptualize for me. So I have it set to open in satellite view. Street view is also very useful to see what a place actually looks like before you go, to plan out on-foot navigation, and to just innocently explore the world for free. Literally the only downsides of them are places where those technologies don't cover.
after yotube map is what i use daily
What I find facinating is that Google Maps doesn't alway send you on the fastest route initially. If they did, then what used to be the fastest route will get congested and will then become the slower route. So they have to send some to other routes to reach a Nash Equilibrium senario where everyone has a similar route time. Additionally the Braess's Paradox can come into play.
He knew that people wouldn't understand, but he wrote it anyway, content with his analysis :D
Not everyone in traffic relies on Google Maps for navigation. Most people commute to and from work using the exact same route regardless if it's congested or not. Because Google Maps has all the traffic data, they can determine what percentage of people in traffic use navigation and those who don't (because they have the app running in the background). Let's say if about 15% who drives uses navigation at any given time, well if the road is congested, that means Google Maps is able to divert about 15% of vehicles onto alternative routes. It doesn't seem that much, so most alternative routes won't get congested as a result.
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10:42 - Google places is no where near 3 cents pet API reqeust. 3 Cents would actually get about 17 uses. It's $17 per 1000 reqeust. Also google maps API makes the first $200 dollars of reqeusts free, so almost all small businesses actually don't have to pay anything.
I was looking for an apartment at one point a year ago, I remember looking it up on maps, the actual building was blurred, safe to say, I didn’t even submit my info to stay there.
point of correction - the u.k. doesn’t use google places or azure maps and isn’t stuck in the 1990’s, it uses a system proprietary to the royal mail - which is kept up to date and preserves privacy from big tech surveillance state.
Don't worry, I'm sure it's just a question of time before the Tories sell out to Google for big bucks.
How about getting your diqq played with in the UK by my little sister?
You know it’s a good day when it’s Monday, Wednesday, or Friday 😎
Thanks for being here zakem!
Google maps is in a lot of places, but when you're a frequent traveler you'll find it's not everywhere. Several states around the world do not permit it.
You should have talked about how they bought WAZE to make the maps much better, because WAZE users fix the problems with the maps. Also Niantic Labs came from the google maps team also as a way to document interesting places, and now makes a ton of money, nad makes 3 different video games based on maps data.
Google and Waze still use separate maps
DOES GOOGLE MAP HAS ANY OTHER COMPETENT ALTERNATIVE
@@twizerejulienne2731Qwant Maps.
@@twizerejulienne2731 For me, it would be Waze. At least when it comes to driving around from places to places by car. Unlike Google Map that reflects the real time map update, Waze will "early predict" your drive path to compensate for the time loss needed to update the map location. This caused me to missed many turnings because by the time Google Map tells me to turn, its too late for me to turn & had to missed it & detour.
Indeed, Niantic made Pokemon Go, along with several others similar AR games.
Bird mode is a much better name 😂
If we get high enough resolution maps for free. Imagine the quality you could get if paid.
Thanks for your content ❤
Wish quality would also be better for Europe
Our f-bombs could land more accurately.
why was every transition just a picture of ukraine??
He is the us Ambassador of usa to ukraine
I used to be able to see my dog in satellite view. I had a white husky and there was a single white pixel in my backyard that could only have been my dog!
very very interesting video. when i was in elementary school i'd literally just go on google maps street view and see where i could plop "the little yellow man" down in the world and go exploring. helped me be spacially aware and feel like i got a taste of other parts of the world, and today it's beefier than ever. it's a fascinating and very helpful service that has grown a LOT since '05 and i'm amazed it even exists at all to this day. going onto the 360 camera views in places like afghanistan or north korea that you'll never have a shot at visiting just to have a glance around is a really surreal feeling too
TLDR: Google Maps makes money from advertising, by charging for its commercial API, as well as from referral fees.
Been watching a handful of your videos. You always got the most random yet interesting videos I never knew I was curious about. Subbed!
To quote my grandpa: "Nothing is free in life, not even death; the question is only: Are you going to pay for it and if not, who is?" So when you get anything for free in your life, keep in mind that someone out there must have paid for it somehow. And when I said paid and free, I'm not talking explicitly of money, as money is only a form of value and everything can be converted into money: Time, information, workforce, goods, natural resource, etc. But when something can be turned into money, it can also directly be used as a payment. And it seems no problem to you when businesses pay Google for premium listing or API usage but there's one thing you forget: They don't. Businesses pay for nothing themselves since business pass on all their expenses to their customers. Not Walmart is paying Google, you are paying Google every time you buy something at at Walmart, because a small fraction of the product price is to cover their Google costs. If Walmart wasn't paying Google, your Walmart shopping trip would be slightly less expensive for the same products in same quantity and quality. Advertisement costs are always paid by the customers.
Well this is because there is a limited amount of resource transfers, we have the system of exchanging value cuz we don't have an infinite amount of things or a process sustainable enough to run all of our civilization continuously and distribute such resources efficiently
If you want something to be truly free then you must be able to create something from nothing lol, this is why to violate atleast the third law of thermodynamics is one of the key of a true utopia, well atleast protopia
But We can get almost free things, automation is key, the more efficient and the more resource generation we have, the lesser the cost it is needed, it's the goal to have the members of our civilization to just have to pay like this (very arbitrary though): Just have to "type" or "think" a word each year for the minimal effort to be the payment for the things we give :3... thats the first "realistic" goal, the end point/singularity is true "free" things
Why do we work then, we work for the system that supports us or that cares for what we care(aligned interest, we are working together afterall, either it's with a person, group, super-group?, common humanity, etc), if that system betrayed you it is not really a good system hehe
I might be wrong though, but have a fulfilling day internet strangers
if something is free, you're the product
There are search ads in Google maps, though. It's kinda annoying actually, but not close to the level of Google's search engine. I always have to take a look at the actual distance when searching a place because despite filtering by distance, the first two results are always paid ads that sometimes are close by locations, but almost always aren't, or sometimes aren't even the place I'm directly searching for.
I remember apple's map being a mess years ago
Apple Maps is still a mess in certain countries
Still a mess in the UK
@@yuk4z3not certain counties. Every countries except the USA.
It is still a mess even here in the US. There have been several times delivery trucks ended up at a wrong location because someone in dispatch s3nt the driver an apple map coordinates. We'll then have to send the driver a Google map pin to be able to get to the correct location.
Apple maps is still a complete dumpster fire. They should just give up on that and accept that maps is not their thing.
Everytime I have to use that on my locked down work phone, I'm tempted to throw my phone out of my vehicles window at highway speeds. I'd rather use my vehicles built in "NAV" than apple maps
13:00 China does not let google maps make maps of it. If you look, you can see from afar that the map would be fine but when you zoom in, you start seeing how none of the roads line up with the roads you can see in the satellite view.
Recently noticed maps telling me to turn right after dunkin doughnuts.. didn't used to do that
This is an interesting video- thanks for your efforts. Done feedback: you have too many quick cuts to use transitions with so much motion. The beginning of chapter one gave me a bit of motion sickness. It’s much better after that.
I am a self-employed delivery driver. I deliver flowers,food,fruit baskets...ect. But I goto each company and offer my services...I do not use the 3rd party delivery sites.
I use Google Maps alot. I like that it is free. But what I do for them to compensate them for free maps is I rate the places I goto in my private life to an extent.
If I used maps when I went to a Dave and Busters...I would rate Dave and Busters on maps. That is my obligation
Excellent video. The rise of cellphones, map company acquisitions, and GCP google APIs have made Google maps the juggernaut that it is today.
I think the only thing that is missing is that China zone of Google Maps is broken, because the government prevents any international map makers from mapping the main land without authorization.
Hari why did you keep using Ukraine's map in your video? Just curious 🤔😅
Hahaha, don’t look into it too much. Just the footage that my editor happened to use.
@@LogicallyAnswered oh I thought you were in your Taylor Swift era with the Easter eggs 😂😂
I'm a newcomer to this channel. I appreciate the detailed, straightforward answer to the central question, which is how Google Maps is profitable.
However, I don't think I'll be a regular viewer. This video is dizzyingly over-edited, and I expect most of the channel's videos to be the same.
For one thing, the narration is too fast. For another, the video contains extremely frequent cuts. The clips that are shown often don't aid in viewers' understanding, and some are misleading. (e.g. a clip of a woman on a 2010s-era smartphone, even though the narration is referring to events around 2005)
😅I can't believe you just wasted 8 minutes talking non-related topics. I'm not, and I believe many people here are not for the history of Google, we just want to know the answer that the title asks. Check how many times people play back the last portion of your video proves my point. 😅
I think the problem with calling it Silo is usually grain goes in the top and out the bottom... I think you get the metaphor when it comes to investment.
What is the service name that you show screenshot in 1:35?
I'm just thinking back to about 1997 or 1998, when I had a vision of a 3D map of a city that users could pan around and find businesses and how I could let businesses buy space on my maps to show their business, but then I never did anything with my vision.
Honestly speaking, I've NEVER EVER felt comfortable with the fact that anyone in the whole world can pin-point my house.
I just feel like robbers can easily find me @ night!😂😂
API's can not only be used for public websites but also business tools you'll never see unless you have a specific job position. If you think about how many activities are crucially linked to locations, it's easy to see this is a big market.
This was my age old question
Hope it was answered today :)
@@LogicallyAnswered You should make a content on margin of safety vs time in the market. That is my another age old question as well.
google maps is a marvel of modern technology, google put in the stolen data dollars in the right place and I ain't complaining for this one
Fair enough
9:32 the way my jaw dropped and my brain just paused when I saw my city mentioned.
Hey what phone is that on minute 5:10 ?
I remember apple wanted their own maps , they cancelled out google , their maps failed miserably , they were forced to install the google back again , goes to show how complicated it is .
I use google maps to search places and waze maps to drive there. Google has great public transport information while traveling to different countries too. Waze maps is good while driving it informs you about everything. My favorite is my gps radar but it has no map feature.
I knew about the sponsored listings bit, and I had guessed that the API was their main method. Still cool video ngl
I'm a cyclist. I use street view to find gravel roads in an area. Google won't travel down unpaved roads so they won't be marked in blue. You can then use the actual camera view at the last intersection where they were to look and see if it is gravel or not
You will be better of using apps based on open Street map, such as Organic Maps, OSMAnd etc. try them out.
Absolutely loved the video and your channel is a constant favorite, but I have to share my thoughts on the editing. The transitions from chapter 1 felt a bit jarring and disorienting, which took away from the overall experience for me. Still, looking forward to more content!
Now I want a sequel video about Overture Maps.
6:08 satellite view is actually aerial view (of low flying planes)
woah, an eye opener
Companies pay for the google api and advertising.
Saved you 13m
Great vid as always. Thank you. You went from not showing yourself in vids to showing yourself too much, ha.
Have iPhone, use Apple Maps. "It's that simple" said Apple.
Hahaha
Me: Installs Google Maps and deletes Apple Maps.
@@CaptainM792lol true, apple has had map how many years and barely took any market share from google.
Apple is not the solution, they are not free of bad privacy
You are from Dhaka, Bangladesh. That's really good to see that.
Google street view is a great help when trying to find a place in the dark and the rain. When street signs and addresses are hard to read landmarks are a big help.
Google maps is scary, they know everything about everyone
8:14 Are you really going to use some random person on Quora and what they "seem to recall" as a source?
It is my understanding that as a town, you can pay google to increase the number of cars that are routed through your business district.
Is this a thing? that would be neat.
Thanks for another fantastic video, man.
And I also appreciate the complete and correct map of Ukraine as well.
As a Ukrainian, I agree
💛💙
They will probably change that after the smo.
@@kuplung22
Ukraine has no intentions to take Russian territories as part of reparations. We prefer to accept reparations with a real money. Obviously that doesn’t relate to Russian rubble currency.
@@Espesia1 only money. Zelensky style ha ha
Hauri has completely mapped my brain with his great channel content. 🧠
I have to believe that an even bigger motivation for Maps is to manage search results relevance in Search. To me, its not clear that Maps actually makes enough direct revenue to pay for its own upkeep.
I love your videos and your channel, but as feedback:
the edition in this one was a mess... it just "moves too much", with too many titles changing with effects, constantly zooming in and out, so it's hard to follow the visuals that should support the video
Idk if I describe it properly, sorry for bad English 😢
Again, love your videos and the topic in this one is really interesting 👍
I just hope it keeps free and add free
And when you zoom into countries in Asia, like Afghanistan and Sri Lanka and places, you can actually see peoples faces on Google Maps
Ads in a tasteful and helpful manner... TH-cam could learn a lot from this!
You have shown maps of Dhaka😍. I wonder if you are a Bangladeshi origin
0:55 they don't actually blur our houses.
The guy who appears in this video who is shown to be the face behind the voice.. he seems like be of Indian ethnicity. But the accent seems very different from being Indian.
Not necessarily an accent but his tonality. He sounds east asian
he seems like a south Indian. @@Floatup
They still haven't turn the route redirection as opt-in feature instead of opt-out, so annoying
They sell your data. To themselves. And use it to make money. you are the product. This is common for all free/low cost apps. That’s it
Just one thing: you mentioned towards the end that Google knows the exact location of every address. This isn't true; it knows the approximate location (to within postcode accuracy), but that can be out by a considerable distance - maybe one or two kilometres, in rural areas (and don't the delivery drivers who deliver to me know it).
Anyone please tell me the bgm name used in the video.
I have an android phone and use google maps all the time.
It doesn't know where I am.
I almost never use GPS, most of the time when I do use it, I'm overseas.
There are places I go almost every day (such as work) that Google thinks I last went to 6+ years ago.
That's lovely :)
yeah location tracking Off is good for traveling your planned route, but if you use maps to find where you're at, you need it on. It still records what data you entered, and tries to suggest stops and businesses that possibly generate income for them. Just opening Maps is a data point for them.
They sell other businesses to be able to but in line when you do your search. It’s really annoying when you have to pass by the first result that you DID NOT search for. Not to mention that if you are close to your destination and you start your search it automatically gives you walking directions. Am I supposed to get out of my car and start walking? Or do I drive on the sidewalks?
I don’t know… I did find Mapquest a better service in the mid 00’s than Google maps when I’d go online (dialup internet) to get directions for my parents (usually mom) when they were headed somewhere in a big city. This is in Canada so maybe Google maps was better already in the early days in the US.
Tell us about apple maps & it's future explorations...
There's a bit of irony in this video being on TH-cam, which is also a Google property, and which also is "free to use" but makes boatloads of money for Google.
Civil defense can keep same road but change mane then it is hard for gps but it is .better use offline map with translate map road and street name in number and alphabet in data base so no matter what map can relate to internal data and translate to new name , old name whatever
At some places it’s very difficult to understand you
Maps may be free, but many of us appreciate it a lot so leave reviews of the businesses. This just adds to the value.
It was interesting to watch!
Thank you!
"Keyhole was the Google's most bang for buck acquisition"
Android: Am I a joke to you?
Im never going to throw out my traditional GPS for the car. They can pull the plug at any time
Most likely that GPS uses the same satellites as Google maps. If you want real off the grid. You'll need a UBD hardcopy book map.
@@PsyQoBoy Stop being paranoid, no one is going to pull the GPS plug anytime soon. We have now many constellations like EU's Gallileo, China's BeiDou, Russia's GLONASS, and the list is growing. So, USA's GPS is nolonger a monopoly.
Fun fact: If a service is free, then you're the product.
Hats off to you on this incredibly well-articulated video! Your presentation style, clear back-up visuals, and concise key points make it incredibly informative and engaging. This video would be a valuable addition to any executive-level course. Thank you for sharing your expertise!
Bro are you Bengali, like from Bangladesh bengali?
6:08 why your map is pointed at my birthplace 😂
He knows where you live and thought it would be really funny
You pay when you use their API. 13 minutes videos for this?
You think end users care about the API? 🤣
Great insightful video.
Btw your body language/ lips don't match the voice in the video😂
Why in Germany Google Earth does show only from the bird view and not from the street view? Is there a governmental restriction?
WHY HAVE YOU BLURRED STEPHEN MA'S IMAGE?
"I know your exact location"
- maps said calmly