When I’m bored I just play around with google street view & look at different cities

i love Google Maps, discovered so many places because of it

As a child of the 90s. I remember Dad on the wheel while Mum was the navigator with the mapbook and self proclaimed driving expert.

I remember when Google Earth came up, it was a mindblowing experience that changed my perception of how things are. Now, I don't go anywhere new without Google maps!

TBT to when apple maps was actually just google maps

I remember printing out map quest directions. So glad that is over. On the other hand I don't know how to get around without it now.

Something I always admired about my father was his ability to navigate the area without a smartphone. He worked an hour away from where we lived and it seemed no matter where I wanted to go, he knew the way. Then you look at me and I use GPS everywhere I go. Even routes I know, just in case they’re delays and/or shorter routes I don’t know about.

One of the interesting features not mentioned here is how Google allows their subscribers to become local guides in putting in their input and local know-how into the Maps. The use of local guides allows Maps to have not only detailed street views but also a unique perspective into how a street point (i.e. shopping mall, small businesses, tourist attractions) looks like with photos and short video clips of these places.

I google maps more than actual google. If I need the number to a business I find it easier in google maps.

I remember my father read the map, memorize it, and just drive. He describes which road I should take to reach the place we need to.

Google maps is the main reason I even bought a smart phone - so much time savings from real time traffic

I remember when I was in 8th grade in 2008 being completely stunned when we discovered Google Maps street view. Lol 😂 12 years later, Apple still doesn’t hold a candle to google maps.

I hope to god there's no ads like UKposts in google maps !

Can anyone just respect the fact that google maps satellite view looks waaaaay better then Apple mapses

CNBC Mini documentaries are the Best! I'm addicted to these! 😂😂 Chick fil a, dominos, car dealerships, etc.

I remember having to print out the directions lol

😂 When Apple maps looked like the melted watches Salvador Dali painting.

google maps is really good in my country. Apple maps isn't good at all.

CNBC: "The Rise Of Google Maps" Apple Maps: am i a joke to you? Everyone: yes Apple Maps: oh ok :'(

12:56 Funny how Google Earth is a competitor to Google Maps

Google maps is amazing. Mapquest as a "consumer painpoint" is an understatement!

CNBC always on the cutting edge. In the next episode they’ll walk you through setting up a mySpace page

You left your privacy out of the equation when you bought your very first smart phone.

This is a reasonably good overview of the mapping industry over the past 10 years. Google Maps certainly has the best POI data and mobile device user base numbers, and these combined with continuous indoor/outdoor Positioning data will deliver enormous value to Google and its users for many years, especially when AR becomes mainstream.

I remember my parents would use MapQuest. Traveled around with printed directions. Ohh how the times have changed.

As an essential truck driver. I use and absolutely love Google maps!

Never forget the first time I saw the video/photos of streets on Google. My jaw dropped. Just amazing. Now I take it for granted.

I can't believe you didn't even mention real time traffic data off the major highways which was the main reason I started using Google Maps about 10-15 years ago. For the time, it was ingenious how they used everyone's location data to determine direction and speeds to put together that information.

I just crossed 1 mn views of my photo in google map and they congratulate me saying your a professional photographers

Uh, Google Maps has been gigantic for years... ....because we always get lost

Google maps are like 10 years behind on the images around my home

Awesome coverage of Google maps - history and the future! Love some of the new features they are adding!

Looking forward to seeing more walking/hiking trails and offroad areas being covered by Street View. Some of the areas local to me have been done already but not the bigger, more popular areas. I would be happy to carry their back pack while walking some of the trails.

Google Maps the world in many different waze (pun intended)

Remember the old days when you were losing yourself in a city and you had to ask ACTUAL PEOPLE to help you? It had its magic.

Google Maps was my best friend when I went to Tokyo last year and it was a breeze. And some of you might know that the Tokyo subway station is one of the most complicated subway stations in the world.

Only OGs remember the days where you had to print out directions from MapQuest

The fact that you didn't leave out arguing with spouses makes this journalism absolutely credible.

13:01 The moment where Google Earth is a competitor to Google..

Also worth mentioning is the rise of GPS & devices like Garmin. I clearly recall my first road trip. I had to learn how to integrate a GPS into my driving but that was easy. The drop in stress level was profound. I quickly became more adventurous in what I was willing to attempt and I have never looked back....

Before Google Map we used Mapquest and before that a real map.

"Rise of google maps" It's been raised since 2010 lol

"A very detailed map" Me: *laughs in Open Street Map*

I remember using google maps for the first time around 2006. It was clunky but functional. Fast Forward to 2014 and I was able to drop myself back into the street I grew up back in the Philippines and see how much it changed since I left. It also gave birth to one of my favourite online games, Geoguesser!

I remember in 2002-2007 that I had to print out a Mapquest before going somewhere or having to call a friend (who I knew was at their computer) from my flip phone to ask them to map out where I was to where I needed to go.

Lol I remember when my parents had one of those big gps devices that you put in the car. Kind of amazing to see how far technology has advanced.

Imagine a day where Google Earth successfully makes the whole world in 3D through satellite images. Navigation of the future.

Anyone who's been driving since 2005, should totally appreciate this doc. Why? You were most likely using a physical map to navigate someplace more than 25 miles away. Or, you pulled over every few miles at a gas station to ask someone!

Other than navigation, I’m using Google maps for virtual vacation:’))

I hate how quickly my phone battery depreciates when I use Google maps.

If only Google Maps existed in the 80s, Mark Thacther wouldn't have been lost.

I remember one time before Google Maps was a phone app, I used it to navigate from my work location to a small town I never had been before to pick up a friend who was in a movie shoot. It was dense thick fog (visibility was about 20 ft), and it got dark early, and I had to print out each leg of the route on paper. I used the turn by turn directions to reset my trip odometer between every leg of the trip through the thick fog to tell me when I was about to come up to a country road intersection. This went on for an hour. Amazingly, I made the trip without getting lost, and the legs of the map were dead on accurate in terms of the distance. From that day forward, Google Maps became my goto for navigation. The only other map application I maintain on my phone is HERE We Go, as it proved its worth during a severe rainstorm, and some mobile towers went offline along the train line, and there was a real possibility of having to get off the train at a station I've never been at. The HERE app allows you to store the map of an entire region and just operate from the phone's GPS without the need of mobile data. Google Maps did not have that ability at the time. I think HERE We Go is a great hedge for those emergency situations where mobile data become unusable, or even travelling in other countries.

"Thanks google" -Elon Musk

0:23 ? It was like 15 years back... It's not that hard to imagine

Still remember when I used MapQuest and print out the navigation. LOL

As someone who uses Google Maps everytime I move around, a world without it would be much much more difficult!

Waze has saved me from multiple speeding citations

Apple’s main focus has always been the US market, and that has always been their down side to exponential growth beyond what they have seen. Though now they are making effort to defuse that focus, they have to do a better job.

I really enjoy these videos you guys post.

Google Maps is such a blessing for introvert.

Wanna hear a joke? Apple maps.

Even though one may know the route to their workplace, using Google Maps daily to get there might just save you from getting stuck in a jam that you wouldn't know about otherwise.

Musician: We're having a world tour! The world tour: 2:03

Use Waze as testing ground: brilliant!

Rogue engineer, the scapegoat of the tech world lol

I love using street view for looking at houses where my family grew up. However, I wish some roads were updated regularly. Some views are from 2007 and very low quality.

My holidays are dependent on Google maps...😂

Who remembers A to Z's? So glad I never have to use those again.

Its hilarious to see how AOL fall so hard. They had a lead on a lot, smh they should be ashamed of themselves

Does anyone know how I can turn off the "latest in the area" feature? As soon as you open the app, it starts to load current information about the area in focus.

I remember when I was introduced to Google Maps through the original iPhone and iPhone OS 1.1.3! More specifically, I had a first generation iPod touch as the iPhone wasn't available here at the time and I was a kid who was still learning to use a mobile phone with my Nokia 1112 feature phone. It was cool for me to have a map in the palm of my hand that I could pan around, which was something I couldn't get on my HP iPAQ that was stuck on Windows Mobile 2003 SE. When Apple introduced Apple Maps in iOS 6 and I switched to the official Google Maps app, I had to take some time to get accustomed to navigating it using Google's official UI design instead of Apple's UI. By the time I switched from iOS 7 to Android 4.4, marking the beginning of my use of Android full-time, I was able to seamlessly continue with its preloaded Maps app (preloaded as part of GMS). Today, I use Google Maps not only to get directions, but also get arrival estimates, bus routes, bookmark locations of cool places I want to revisit, as well as use Street View and bookmark locations of old buildings that I use as inspiration for some of my projects.

Imagine one day you wake up to the following nightmare: *"Google will discontinue Google Maps on XX/XX/XXX"* 🤣 🤣 🤣

People who disliked still use paper maps

I like looking at a map either paper or on the phone and deciding how I will get to the place I am going. Due to experience I can decide which route is best.the shortest route isn't always the fastest or most enjoyable.

Google map really saved me some time in finding and reaching my destination. Especially when I was hunting for job, this app was very helpful companion so I won't get lost.

"Google Earth" as a Google competitor? Yeah right. 😂

COVID thought it won by restricting my travel. But little does it know I've traveled to Egypt, Indonesia, Israel and Brazil in just the past few months. Via Google Maps street view.

Google maps is essential I can't go no where without it

Who else just randomly looks at your own house on Google maps Satellite view?

As a commuter I can attest that I will never use anything but Waze to navigate traffic

They forgot to mention that everytime we answered a "Not a robot" recaptcha we help google train it's AI to recognize more and more signs so that google maps could be more accurate...

I remember that cat getting lost because of mapquest meme, that was hilarious because I could relate to that. Now with google maps I can seek places that I used to live and or still living and see changes amazing.

Google Maps is the ultimate road map that always makes updates. Remember when Apple Maps first came out it reminded me what Google Maps we're in 2005.

Google maps and Waze are amazing tbh Gave apple maps a chance a few times but there's just no comparison

I remember buying my G1 Android device and using Google Maps for the first time. All of my coworkers are friends were amazed by street view. We would search our addresses just to see our houses.

honestly I remember the time being the navigator for mum reading her map book🤣😂🤪🙃 if you looked back at the paper maps now, so much changes of buildings and new street lanes🙃🙃

Before GoogleMaps I was using WikiMapia not only to locate a particular address but also to plan my routes (even without a routes or routing guide).

1:09 let's just pretend we didn't see the Plane

google maps has never let me down whenever i need accurate and quick paths to my destination :)

Google maps has literally changed my life and I use it everyday to this day.

As a long haul Truck Driver, overall it is good. It does have subtle nuances that could use improving. Total miles to go sometimes is displayed, sometimes not. Route alternatives requires you to touch the screen to dismiss or accept, often it will just change to the alt. route without checking my settings, like tolls, for instance. (Small grievances.)

One time, over 5 years ago, there was a time my dad put us on a road that he thought was supposed to take us to a town closer to our home. However, it actually took us to the northern part of my state well over an hour away, nowhere close to home. Ironically, I knew we were going the wrong way pretty quickly since Google has the offline basic map even when you have no cell signal. I decided to say nothing though because I love rides. I am being serious.

Back in the 90s as a poor student I could only dream of getting a gps sat nav system for the car. Was only with my first smartphone in 2012 that I could finally get such a feature in a car.

Heading over to maps and earth right now

How and why is this a 15min segment? Proceeds to click. 🤷🏿‍♀️

Thank you for continuing to make educational yet entertaining videos. I'll keep watching!

Let's all never forget the GPS pioneers of the X-Y Generation: Garmin, Magellan, and Nextar.

I remember when there was no google maps or waze, I look back and I wonder how did we do that? I still remember taking the wrong exit and then getting lost for hours until getting back on the right highway. Wow those days!

I was the top volunteer contributor for my region in google mapmaker. I was really fun. So i feel google maps as my own, although i never get paid but i think my city and region benefitted from my work.

Conveniently left out the fact that Keyhole (Google Earth) was a CIA company, completely funded by In-Q-Tel ;)