Google I/O 2012 - Google Maps, Places, Transit, Reviews API, Cloud Map, 3D earth and more

• began in 2005
• pre-render the maps
• one search box instead of several
• 2005 only north america
• 2008 licensed data for the whole world
• over 5 billion people can see their house - 2012
• 2009 - aggregate of data from ground level maps, satellite, image analysis
• mapmaker - contribute to google maps
• 2012 - 187 countries with driving navigation
• manually and computer vision - operators improve the map
• you can report and maps will adjust
• 800 000 google maps developers worldwide
• reviews not available in google places API
• google transit in Maps API
• Symbols in Maps API - you decide what maps look like
• google maps engine
• upload mapping data to google maps & securely manage it
• google earth - now 3D images of cities
• google maps - get people find 
• google earth - get people lost