{"id":1834354,"date":"2024-10-03T17:17:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T21:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1834354"},"modified":"2024-10-03T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T21:18:00","slug":"some-google-maps-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/10\/some-google-maps-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Google Maps Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Google Maps imagery updates<\/a> include improved satellite imagery thanks to an AI model that removes clouds, shadows and haze, plus \u201cone of the biggest updates to Street View yet, with new imagery in almost 80 countries\u2014some of which will have Street View imagery for the very first time.\u201d The web version of Google Earth will be updated<\/a> with access to more historical imagery and better project and file organization, plus a new abstract basemap layer. [PetaPixel<\/a><\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, The Verge<\/em> reports that Google Maps is cracking down on business pages<\/a> that violate its policy against fake ratings and reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google Maps imagery updates include improved satellite imagery thanks to an AI model that removes clouds, shadows and haze, plus \u201cone of the biggest updates to Street View yet, with new imagery in almost 80… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[1359,462,178,82,1301,15,108],"class_list":["post-1834354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","tag-ai","tag-google","tag-google-earth","tag-google-maps","tag-machine-learning","tag-satellite","tag-street-view","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":479,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/01\/online-map-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1834354,"position":0},"title":"Online Map Updates","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 January 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Yesterday's\u00a0updates to Apple Maps include four new Flyover cities, traffic data for Hong Kong and Mexico, public transit data for Los Angeles, and Nearby search for the Netherlands. 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