Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze! 🗺️ Where in the world are the Feature Creeps

Today we take a look at Google Maps, Apple Maps, Google Earth, Waze AND MORE! All sorts of cartography & navigation apps, discuss why they’re needed, and the tech that can take them to the next level!

… As well as the indulgent little feature creeps that could make them more fun 🤩

— Agenda —

• What are we doing today? Google Maps?!
• The world before Google Maps! 2005?!
• Our favourite Maps features!
• New features to take Google Maps to next level!

— HAVE FUN —

No affiliations whatsoever: whenever we show something, you know you're hearing our unfiltered thoughts 😄

— Highlighted software —

Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps Apple Maps: https://www.apple.com/maps/ Waze: https://www.waze.com/ Geotastic: https://geotastic.net/

Joao’s website: https://jvmartins.com/

Johnny’s website: https://magrippis.com/ Johnny’s other channels: https://www.youtube.com/@johnnifytech & https://www.youtube.com/@jmagrippis

Joke for the real ones who read the description all the way to the end:

Q: Why did the scarecrow ace the Google Maps developer interview? A: Because it was out-standing in its field!

— TIMESTAMPS —

0:00 - Teaser: In this episode… 1:43 - Intros & Welcome 2:29 - Google Maps 3:24 - The World in 2005 4:14 - The World before Google Maps 10:35 - Google Maps: reviews & discovering places 12:59 - How do people review things? 15:38 - Top Feature of Google Maps 16:44 - Other Google Maps Features 17:21 - Google Maps Reviews 21:06 - Google Street View 23:05 - Feature Creeps 23:38 - Feature Creep: Google Maps Time Travel 26:20 - AI predicting how places looked like 28:31 - Feature Creep: Minutes instead of Distance 29:27 - Feature Creep: Halfway Pint 30:59 - Feature Creep: Live Stream the vibes of a place 33:00 - Feature Creep : Busier than usual with people that think alike 36:46 - Feature Creep: similar places to go 38:25 - Feature Creep: More gamification for Google Maps 40:49 - Feature Creep: Educational Google Maps 41:38 - Feature Creep: Teleportation 45:03 - Wrap up + COMMENT 💜 SUBSCRIBE