{"id":135782,"date":"2018-01-09T07:35:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135782"},"modified":"2018-01-10T00:09:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T07:09:43","slug":"theres-place-got-go-im-one-need-know-im-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/09\/theres-place-got-go-im-one-need-know-im-map.html","title":{"rendered":"“If there’s a place you got to go, I’m the one you need to know, I’m the map!”"},"content":{"rendered":"

(With apologies to Dora the Explorer<\/a> …)<\/p>\n

Sharing this not to get into any sniping war about Google vs Apple (in any arena, not just maps), but for the insight the article provides into the complexity of providing maps, and the benefits of long-term strategic investment and planning about how to take massive amounts of data and aggregate them into useful information.<\/p>\n

In this case, it’s about Google taking not just map and address info, but Street View and satellite data to provide a variety of details and location aggregation work that really makes Google Maps an increasingly useful tool.<\/p>\n

Very cool stuff, though quite a lot of comparison animated GIFs.<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Colm Buckley<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Gosh this is cool. I had no idea we were doing some of this stuff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\n
\n<\/a>
\nGoogle Maps\u2019s Moat<\/a><\/span>
\nHow far ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(With apologies to Dora the Explorer …) Sharing this not to get into any sniping war about Google vs Apple (in any arena, not just maps), but for the insight the article provides into the complexity of providing maps, and the benefits of long-term strategic investment and planning about how to take massive amounts of … Continue reading ““If there’s a place you got to go, I’m the one you need to know, I’m the map!””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135786,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,20],"tags":[1402],"class_list":["post-135782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-hi-tech","tag-google-maps"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/maps.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129836,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/02\/14\/maps-are-good-for-a-lot-of-things-and-bad-for-a-lot-of-others.html","url_meta":{"origin":135782,"position":0},"title":"Maps are good for a lot of things — and bad for a lot of others","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 14-Feb-16 6:35pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Maps are frequently used for a variety of reasons -- and that has a lot of value. You can see where you are vs the other data. You can compare geographical regions. Maps show geography and geographical relationships.But if what you're showing is not evenly distributed across geography -- such\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":51503,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/18\/maps-glorious-maps.html","url_meta":{"origin":135782,"position":1},"title":"Maps! Glorious Maps!","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 18-Jun-15 5:30am","format":false,"excerpt":"Maps of data are cool. Maps from Census data are very cool. Maps from Census data modeled after 19th Century maps from Census data are extraordinarily cool. Fascinating Old Census Maps, Updated for a Modern America View on Google+","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39883,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/04\/blobby-maps.html","url_meta":{"origin":135782,"position":2},"title":"Blobby Maps","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 4-Dec-13 11:58am","format":false,"excerpt":"The use of circles and ovals, and attempting to show how areas relate to each other, makes these maps exceedingly cool. They don't replace a street map, any more than a street map replaces them. They;re both giving different types of information.I could very much see things like this for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7545,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/02\/08\/google_maps.html","url_meta":{"origin":135782,"position":3},"title":"Google Maps","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 8-Feb-05 7:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"They're pretty, they're smart, they're slick. Google Maps is going to give Mapquest and the like a serious run for their money. Oh, and the URLS are a lot shorter...","rel":"","context":"In "Blogging & Internet"","block_context":{"text":"Blogging & Internet","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41783,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/22\/the-maps-of-the-united-states.html","url_meta":{"origin":135782,"position":4},"title":"The Maps of the United States","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 22-Apr-14 3:10pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The only thing missing from this animated GIF of all the various changes in the map of the US over time (independence to statehood for Hawaii and Alaska) is a pause button.Reshared post from +GizmodoWatch the US take shape in a single awesome GIF.\ufeff The formation of the United States\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":41574,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/31\/maps.html","url_meta":{"origin":135782,"position":5},"title":"Maps!","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 31-Mar-14 11:23pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Free maps! (And some cool Google overlays, too!)I love maps. I used to pin the Nat Geo maps my folks got up on my walls the way my peers would post rock groups and Farrah pin-ups. \u00a0This is very cool stuff.\ufeff New York Public Library Puts 20,000 Hi-Res Maps Online\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135782"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135788,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135782\/revisions\/135788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}