Of course, Google, a private corporation, cannot possibly expect to gather all this data on its own. But have you ever stopped to wonder how it all works? How Google manages to knit through such a massive collection of geospatial data and supply it in the form of a single digital application? And if you’re the average human being, you can’t get enough of it.

It supplies us with everything from traffic highlights to road maps, from street signs to business names. With over a billion active users logging in and out of the system each year, Google Maps is a colossus in d igitalized navigation, a concept which has been implemented now to both indoor and outdoor environments. However, in order to navigate through this massive labyrinth of geography and traffic, we need nothing short of a guardian angel to guide us through.

Clearly, we Americans love to travel, not that there is anything wrong with that. This ridiculous amount of time makes up for about 2.45 trillion miles a year, a marked 2.4% increase since 2014. Planet Earth: Image Courtesy of Google Google EarthĪccording to The American Driving Survey, the most recent comprehensive report on the driving habits of the average citizen, people in our country spend as many as 17,600 minutes a year on the road.

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