This feature was initially available only to developers via the Google Maps API. 71 In February 2010, it was introduced as an experimental feature in Google Maps Labs. 72 In July 2010, 45 imagery was made available in Google Maps in select cities in the United States and worldwide. 73.

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, bicycle and air (in beta ), or public transportation.

In 2020, Google Maps was used by over 1 billion people every month.

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 realtime traffic analyzer, Google Maps was launched in February 2005.

The services front end utilizes JavaScript, XML, and Ajax.

Google Maps offers an API that allows maps to be embedded on third-party websites, 3 and offers a locator for businesses and other organizations in numerous countries around the world.

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Google Map Maker allowed users to collaboratively expand and update the services 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.

It is still possible to switch back to the 2D map in the settings.

In August 2013, it was determined to be the worlds most popular app for smartphones, with over 54 of global smartphone owners using it at least once.

It was first designed to be separately downloaded by users, but the company later pitched the idea for a purely Web-based product to Google management, changing the method of distribution.

In October 2004, the company was acquired by Google Inc.

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In the same month, Google acquired Keyhole, a geospatial data visualization company (with investment from the CIA ), whose marquee application suite, Earth Viewer, emerged as the highly successful Google Earth application in 2005 while other aspects of its core technology were integrated into Google Maps.

In September 2004, Google acquired ZipDash, a company that provided realtime traffic analysis.

The company has stated that it would update the program during the year to allow users to plan trips which include locks, bridges and towpaths along the 2,000 miles of river paths in the UK.

Crimea is shown as the Republic of Crimea in Russia and as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in Ukraine.

The vandalism was soon removed and Google publicly apologized.

However, as a result, Google disabled user moderation on Map Maker, and on May 12, disabled editing worldwide until it could devise a new policy for approving edits and avoiding vandalism.

Google declined the offer, as it was unwilling to accept restrictions on reducing the quality around locations the South Korean Government felt were sensitive.

This change consolidated the 18 different endpoints into three services and merged the basic and premium plans into one pay-as-you-go plan.

In June, Google postponed the change date to July 16, 2018.

The incognito mode, eyes-free walking navigation features were released earlier.

A July 2020 update provided bike share routes.

Crowdsourcing is used to obtain the GPS-determined locations of a large number of cellphone users, from which live traffic maps are produced.

On the date of release, the feature only included five cities in the US.

It has since expanded to thousands of locations around the world.

In July 2009, Google began mapping college campuses and surrounding paths and trails.

The images are taken by special cameras which turn 360 degrees and take shots every 3 seconds.

This feature was initially available only to developers via the Google Maps API.

In February 2010, it was introduced as an experimental feature in Google Maps Labs.

In July 2010, 45 imagery was made available in Google Maps in select cities in the United States and worldwide.

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