{"id":25687,"date":"2012-09-08T03:59:10","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T03:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/09\/08\/behind-every-google-map-there-is-a-much-more\/"},"modified":"2012-09-08T03:59:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T03:59:10","slug":"behind-every-google-map-there-is-a-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/09\/08\/behind-every-google-map-there-is-a-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Behind every Google Map, there is a much more complex map that\u2019s the key to your queries but hidden from your view. The deep map contains the logic of places: their no-left-turns and freeway on-ramps, speed limits and traffic conditions. This is the data that you\u2019re drawing from when you ask Google to navigate you from point A to point B \u2014 and last week, Google showed me the internal map and demonstrated how it was built. It\u2019s the first time the company has let anyone watch how the project it calls GT, or \u201cGround Truth,\u201d actually works.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='attribution'>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2012\/09\/how-google-builds-its-maps-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-everything\/261913\/\">How Google Builds Its Maps\u2014and What It Means for the Future of Everything &#8211; Alexis C. Madrigal &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The \u201clogic of places\u201d is one of the best phrases I\u2019ve ever heard. And this piece is a fascinating look behind something I use almost every day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(via <a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/chels.tumblr.com\/\">chels<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behind every Google Map, there is a much more complex map that\u2019s the key to your queries but hidden from your view. The deep map contains the logic of places: their no-left-turns and freeway on-ramps, speed limits and traffic conditions. This is the data that you\u2019re drawing from when you ask Google to navigate you &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/2012\/09\/08\/behind-every-google-map-there-is-a-much-more\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-quote"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.augustwritesabook.com\/tumblr-backup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}