❔ What will the new era of geospatial AI look like for developers? Google Maps Platform and Google Earth VP and GM Yael Maguire dive in ➡️ https://goo.gle/4eW6op2 There's a major AI transformation happening in geospatial tech, and it's affecting devs of all stripes. 🌐 Yael joined The Spatial Lab's Matt Forrest to discuss "Ask Maps," AI for auditing, grounding, disaster response, and Earth AI. Catch the conversation at the link.
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Over the past 20 years, mobile and location has transformed what businesses can do and how their customers experience the world. Google Maps Platform has been fortunate to play a role in this evolution. Explore how you can visualize and understand the real world with our products. Learn how we can help you immerse audiences in new ways, improve user experiences and operations, and access insights to make faster, more informed business and sustainability decisions. Create geospatial experiences and applications with robust APIs and SDKs, access insights and enable decisions with rich, analysis-ready geospatial datasets, and utilize no-code geospatial evaluation and analysis tools from Google Earth to enable faster, more holistic decision making and seamless collaboration. Go beyond the map with Google Maps Platform. Follow to get the latest news and insights, and celebrate 20 years of geospatial progress with Google Maps Platform, Google Earth and Google Earth Engine.
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Shapefiles have officially landed on Earth. https://goo.gle/4w2r9FN By simply uploading a .zip file, you can render features and attributes as flexible, cloud-native data layers. This is the ultimate silo-breaker for professionals who need to combine local zoning data, property boundaries, and more to get a complete geospatial picture. Add your first Shapefile to Google Earth now.
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📢 Need some inspiration for your next geospatial project? Check out Google Maps Platform Photorealistic 3D Maps Challenge winner Terrain Highlighting Modifications! Inspired by vintage cartography, this project highlights terrain on a ski run to help the user choose the most appropriate and safest ski run for their skill level. Check out how the devs used Google Maps Platform tools to build ➡️ https://goo.gle/4cVA9Uh
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💡 Build a trip planning agent with the Agent Development Kit and Grounding with Google Maps using our latest codelab. Get started ➡️ https://goo.gle/4cWaACJ You'll prompt the agent to generate scenic routes and restaurant recommendations, leveraging real-world data from Google Maps. Learn to: ⚒️ Scaffold a new agent using the Agent Starter Pack ⚡️ Add grounding tools to an ADK Agent definition ☑️ Test an ADK agent using the built-in web runner
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Aligning stakeholders on a shared vision is hard enough. Relying on flat 2D images, out of context renderings, or spending hours and hours on mock-ups makes it even harder. Google Earth is now an interactive stage for your 3D models. https://goo.gle/4uo8keE We have introduced GLB file support so you can effortlessly upload and orient your 3D models directly on the globe. Seeing your vision in its real-world context helps you gain buy-in, mitigate risk before resources are committed, and move faster as a team. Import your first 3D model to Google Earth today.
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ICYMI: Cloud Next sessions are available to view online. Check out some of the great news from Google Maps Platform at the links ⤵️ ➡️ Turn your AI into a local expert: Building agents with real-world reasoning https://goo.gle/4cUQE3b ➡️ What's new in BigQuery: The data platform for AI https://goo.gle/4w2dcro ➡️ Agent development and AgentOps with BigQuery, ADK, and MCP https://goo.gle/4t68nKY ➡️ Supercharge Gemini: Grounding with enterprise data, Google Search, and Google Maps https://goo.gle/4t9qxf0 ➡️ Advancements in generative media with Google DeepMind and Google Cloud https://goo.gle/4epNyql ➡️ Google MCP Services: Connect AI agents to cloud infrastructure in minutes https://goo.gle/4cRmrSs
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Ground your AI in trusted geospatial data with Google Maps Platform ➡️ https://goo.gle/4cQWOB7 🧠 Grounding with Google Maps: Access the next generation of geospatial intelligence and empower your enterprise AI solutions via Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, the Gemini API, and AI Studio. ⚡️ Maps Imagery Grounding: Ground generative media in physical reality to create high-fidelity, immersive stories, allowing you to seamlessly insert you own subjects with global-scale and accuracy. 🦾 Maps Grounding Lite: Create conversational, location-based experiences with information on places, weather forecasts, and routing details such as time and distance. Learn more about how to transform LLM reasoning, customize AI responses, and create grounded generative media at the link above.
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Today, we’re thrilled to announce the launch of Shapefile and 3D model import support on Google Earth. Plus, we’ve also added elevation profiles to the measure tool just for… good measure! https://goo.gle/4eLF2BV You’ve made it clear. You want to be able to bring more of your data and models to Google Earth’s real-world canvas. We're excited to take the next step in delivering on that promise with these new features: 🔶 Shapefiles (SHP): Render industry-standard geospatial data as performant, cloud-native layers. 💡 3D Models (GLB): Place custom architectural mock-ups, massings, and more in a visually rich context. 🗻 Elevation Profiles: View detailed terrain data in the measure tool you already know and love. These new features are live now on Google Earth!
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🌎 Combine unmatched geospatial data with the power of Earth AI to unlock valuable insights. From Imagery Insights including Aerial and Satellite Insights and Models and Street View Insights, to Roads Management Insights, Population Dynamics Insights, and more, Google Maps Platform has the tools and datasets for your geospatial needs. Reach your goals and get the bigger picture with our rich data and imagery that helps you create actionable intelligence, automate asset management, monitor environmental changes, and shift to proactive maintenance. 🧠 Explore ➡️ https://goo.gle/4cDIxsU
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Mapping the first mile shouldn't take years. Historically, digitizing commodity processing facilities that drive global supply chains meant months of expensive manual work or custom model training. Epoch’s Jake Wilkins decided to prove there’s a better way. Using the AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embedding dataset (part of Google Earth AI), a laptop, and just 50 labels, Epoch detected nearly 70% of Sumatra’s palm oil mills in a single afternoon. By identifying these "first-mile" facilities, Epoch can delineate supply sheds and pinpoint exactly where deforestation and emissions are concentrated, moving beyond supplier questionnaires to generate compliance-ready, transparent data for a more resilient planet. Read the full case study here: https://goo.gle/4mXgsAn #SupplyChain #Sustainability #AgTech #RemoteSensing #Deforestation
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