Hacker News with Generative AI: Google Maps

Satellite powered estimation of global solar potential (research.google)
High-quality satellite digital surface models and roof segmentation power Google Maps Platform Solar API expansion in the global south and reduce global revisit times.
Satellite Technology, Renewable Energy, Google Maps, Global South
265 points by jonbaer 29 days ago | 204 comments
Google Maps leads three men to death as car plunges from incomplete bridge (indiatimes.com)
Google Maps, Accidents, Technology, Bridge Safety, News
31 points by perihelions 51 days ago | 33 comments
Pokémon Go Plot to Use Your Data to Fast Track an AI-Slop Google Maps Competitor (jalopnik.com)
Niantic, the privately-held Pokémon Go app parent company, brought the augmented-reality app to the masses in July of 2016, and the game made it onto over a billion phones before 2019.
Pokémon Go, Artificial Intelligence, Google Maps, Gaming
12 points by rntn 56 days ago | 3 comments
How Google Maps fixed India's street name problem [video] (youtube.com)
Google Maps, India, Mapping, Technology, Video
9 points by shubhamjain 70 days ago | 3 comments
Man discovered ancient meteor crater browsing Google Maps for holiday (nypost.com)
A Canadian man researching an upcoming camping trip via Google Maps has uncovered what experts believe to be a gigantic crater — left by an ancient space rock.
Space Exploration, Google Maps, Archaeology, Canada
7 points by keepamovin 127 days ago | 2 comments
Play EarthKart: Google Maps Driving Simulator (steampowered.com)
Google Maps, Video Games, Simulation
13 points by I-M-S 135 days ago | 0 comments
Google Maps tests new pop-up ads that give you an unnecessary detour (androidauthority.com)
Google Maps, Advertising, Mobile Technology, User Experience
103 points by LordAtlas 193 days ago | 97 comments
Google Maps and Street View running on a Commodore 64 (readwrite.com)
Retro Computing, Google Maps, Street View
12 points by hochmartinez 207 days ago | 1 comments
Google Maps is killing Timeline for Web (androidauthority.com)
Google Maps, Mapping, Timeline, Web Applications
181 points by donatj 227 days ago | 139 comments
Why You Want to Blur Your Home in Google Maps Street View and How to Do It (cnet.com)
Privacy, Google Maps, Street View
11 points by rmason 245 days ago | 3 comments