GOOGLE MAPS’S MOAT How far ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps?

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GOOGLE MAPS’S MOAT How far ahead of Apple Maps is Google Maps?

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A very interesting, detailed article (allow time to load fully):
https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-moat/

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"So Google likely knows what’s inside all of the buildings it has extracted. And as Google gets closer and closer to capturing every building in the world, it’s likely that Google will start highlighting / lighting up buildings related to queries and search results.

This will be really cool when Google’s/Waymo’s self-driving cars have AR displays. One can imagine pointing out the window at a building and being able to see what’s inside, or having destinations highlighted, like in Microsoft’s 2012 “Future Vision” video"
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(Thanks to Andrew Holden for this article link)
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