How Does Google Maps Work?

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Google Maps is an incredibly convenient tool to search for places across the globe! How do websites like this work? Trace is here to discuss how satellites are able to show us maps of the world in great detail.

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30 Comments
  1. PaolOerfurt says

    One Day its able to play GTA in google earth / maps data.

  2. lost in space says

    I think it is more data logging to the nearest data towers, Google has vehicles they send all over the world to drive down street by Street. Wouldn't need that if you have those magical satellites to do it for us.

  3. saurav ligal says

    97% wires…serves
    Satellite is a mith… SEARCH IN GOOGLE FLAT EARTH……AND REAL PICHERS…

  4. Damiano Mattocks says

    Deja Vu movie

  5. Youauf Salim says

    Thanks America for the technology.America we trust and.America deliveries.American.dreams transcend colours and boundaries.Bravo America.Google applauds.

  6. Dan White says

    some one pass me a baby wipe,
    there is a trace of shit all over the screen.

  7. tanim busra says

    Layer. Google earth even fake. Antertica is fake.

  8. Kelly Nickell says

    What is clear is that we are living on an oblate spheroid.
    Which is to say, "The Earth ain't flat DUMBASS!"

  9. Moana Clay says

    If thay use satlelighits y r all those google vans with camras all over them🤔

  10. Flash 🇿🇦 says

    No. They simply don't need such high res satellites. What happens on my phones none of their business. We root phones for reasons.

  11. prosenjit das says

    I haven't interested

  12. Sean Peacock says

    I think I will start hiding mannequins in clearings in the woods so that people might see it on maps and think its a body.

  13. mlg779 says

    Google maps are photos taken from Airplanes. they cannot give you a life feed because they have to send an aiplane out there to do that. There are military plane circling over big cities 24/7; thats how they get live feeds. They do not have satellites. Otherwise they would not use Drones for surveillance in war zones. Earth is FLAT.

  14. Angel & Demon says

    Satellites is just animation not real,
    Google map takes by drone

  15. Tomasz Sz says

    You talk about satelite images but you are showing street view images taken from ground cameras. This might be misleading for some people.

  16. V Ram says

    Toooo much HAMMER rather than HOW GOOGLE MAP TAKES PICS AND WORKS… useless presentation…. WASTEFUL VIDEO

  17. Rajeev Sharma says

    Google Maps sees dark field is weaponized2018a. d. —_nano

  18. DLC ENERGY says

    you forgot to talk about all the actual images they take on the earth everywhere. how do they do all that? obviously they drive all over the place, but how does the camera not see the car? how does the technology do that?! and they're constantly updating them too. i've seen some random meaningless place, and there's many different times of the place to see. they give you a whole timeline. you can see how things have changed. they must have a heck of a lot of people. plus what's the relationship with other countries too? cause we can all very well look pretty much anywhere.

  19. JomKarok 2.0 says

    I alway think they using Airbus to take image from sky…so that not true lah erkkk…..because i alway seen airbus word in google maps…😁

  20. Sayed Quader says

    Hi, sir, very gd evening,how r you. I saw your vedio. Its was very nice. Can you help. My was died on 17 Aug 2018 incidentally. No body knows. How she was died and she bleeding in back site. I wants to know how she died, did she fall down or did she go to any neighbour house. I just wanted to know she movement on above date from satellite View. Nasa has this Technogy and Google also. Please, my emiid sayed.quader89@gmail.com and what's app no 9776341973. Please help me.

  21. Mk MUBARAK TV says

    now soit

  22. Ttbaby Shipuh says

    geography is live,the study of nature and change in the universe. I one to be a geography student,I hv complete my high school level,I like to offer geography but am confuse what can I be otter my study please I need help

  23. Rama krishna Mohapatra says

    tell about how google map works not say about what we do with google map.

  24. Ernest Guisa says

    Out of topic …

  25. LaCuevadelaSerpiente RADIO says

    Never ever feel Earth move and I never see 1 of those satellites but yes air balloons and airplanes high altitude . They can have cameras ?? ..Yes!!!

  26. Meiers Daniel says

    this is bullshit seeker

  27. Meiers Daniel says

    fake news

  28. Xros Heart Federation says

    So I can't use Google Map to see a naked women on beaches

  29. Harry Kuheim says

    Can Google maps cover a very large area like Whoopi Goldberg's Fat Ass ? #walkaway from the Democrat Plantaion

  30. Raj kumar says

    Animation video is better

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