A new video is up on our channel. I explain why Google Maps - and specifically the embedded navigation software - is one of the insanely great products from the Big Data era. (Similiar products are available from GPS providers such as Garmin and TomTom but Google has superior marketing and "pricing".)
How do Big Data power this product behind the scenes? Where do the data come from? Why the same Big Data that bring you insanely great products also threaten your privacy? To learn more, click here.
If you like what we are doing with the videos, let us know by subscribing to our Youtube channel and liking our videos. Youtube plays this game where it withholds goodies - such as the ability to customize the URL of the videos to something you can remember and not a string of random alphabets - until I attain some minimum of subscribers and video plays. This is frustrating to anyone who is not a big brand, and does not want to participate in the fake-data economy.
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Posted by: Antonio Rinaldi | 01/06/2019 at 06:26 PM
AR: Thank you!
Posted by: Kaiser | 01/07/2019 at 12:27 PM
An interesting problem is what Google does when it doesn't have tracking data because of lack of cell coverage and Google StreetView hasn't been there. What it does is to just guess and gets it wrong https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-14/outback-queensland-businesses-urge-google-to-investigate-maps/10712268
Posted by: Ken | 01/14/2019 at 12:33 AM
Ken: Also interesting is in jurisdictions that do not want to give up their data for free to Google. When I was in Lyon last year, I realized that you can't get any public transportation directions from Google Maps.
Posted by: Kaiser | 01/22/2019 at 02:24 PM