Google Maps

Google Maps

Mahamba gha Lutatavi, digital map, web application, internet map service

Inception	8 Febuluwale 2005
Has use	web mapping
Founder	Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen, Lars Rasmussen
Chalo	United States
Location	Mountain View
Owned by	Google
Head­quar­ters location	Mountain View
Creator	Google
Developer	Google
Platform	Java virtual machine
Dist­ri­bu­ted by	Google Play, App Store
Mascot	Pegman
Prog­ram­med in	C++, JavaScript, XML, AJAX
Visitors per year	2,000,000,000
Official app	Google Maps Google
Official website	www.google.com/maps
Type­fa­ce/­font used	Roboto
ACM Clas­si­fi­ca­tion Code (2012)	10011480
Has part(s)	Google Traffic, Google My Maps, Google Street View Trusted, Google Maps pin, Google Local Guides

Google Maps panji Mapu ya Google ni webusayiti yakupangira mapu ndiposo pulogiramu ya ŵakugula iyo yikapangika na Google. Ikupereka vithuzithuzi vya satellite, vithuzithuzi vyakufuma mu mlengalenga, mapu gha misewu, 360° mawonekero ghakuwonekera ya misewu (Street View), umo magalimoto ghakuchitira mu nyengo yeneco, na kunozga nthowa zakwendamo pa malundi, galimoto, njinga, na vyakwendekwenda vya ŵanthu wose. Kufuma mu 2020, ŵanthu ŵakujumpha biliyoni yimoza ŵakagwiliskiranga ntchito Google Maps mwezi uliwose pa charu chose.

Google Maps yikamba nga ni pulogiramu ya pa kompyuta ya C++ iyo yikapangika na ŵabali Lars na Jens Rasmussen, Stephen Ma na Noel Gordon ku Australia ku Where 2 Technologies. Mu Okutobala 2004, kampani iyi yikagulika na Google, ndipo yikayisintha kuŵa pulogiramu ya pa webusayiti. Pamanyuma pa kugula kampani yakuwoneska vya malo na vyakuwonera vyakuchitika mu nyengo yeneco, Google Maps yikakhazikiskika mu Febuluwale 2005. Kumapeto kwa uteŵeti uwu kukugwiriskira ncito JavaScript, XML, na Ajax. Google Maps yikupereka API iyo yikuzomerezga mapu kuŵikika pa mawebusaiti gha ŵanyake, ndipo yikupereka malo ghakusangirako malonda na mabungwe ghanyake mu vyaru vinandi pa charu chose. Google Map Maker wakazomerezga awo ŵakugwiliskira ntchito kuti ŵakolerane pakusazgirako na kusintha mapu gha pa charu chose kweni ghakalekeskeka kufuma mu Malichi 2017. Kweni, vyakupeleka vya ŵanthu ŵanandi ku Google Maps vikalekeskeka yayi chifukwa kampani iyi yikapharazga kuti vinthu ivi vizamusamuskika ku pulogiramu ya Google Local Guides, nangauli ise tingapeleka yayi.

Kuwoneka kwa satellite ya Google Maps ni "pachanya-pasi" panji kuwona kwa maso gha mbalame; vithuzithuzi vinandi vya misumba ivyo vikuwoneka makora chomene ni vithuzithuzi ivyo vikujambulika kufuma mu ndege izo zikuwuluka pa mtunda wa mamita 240 m’paka 460, apo vithuzithuzi vinyake vinandi vikufuma ku masetilaiti. Vithuzithuzi vinandi ivyo vikusangika pa satellite vikujumpha vyaka vitatu yayi ndipo vikusinthika nyengo zose, kuyana na lipoti la mu 2011. Google Maps pakwamba ghakagwiliskiranga ntchito mtundu wa Mercator projection, ndipo ntheura ghakatondekanga kulongora makora malo ghakuzingilizga vingwe. Mu Ogasiti 2018, Google Maps gha pa kompyuta ghakasintha kuti ghalongore charu chapasi cha 3D. Ntchakukwaniska kusinthaso ku mapu gha 2D mu vyakuŵikapo.

Google Maps ya pa foni yikafumiskika kakwamba mu 2006; mabuku ghasonosono apa ghali na GPS yakulongozgera pa malo ghakukhotakhota pamoza na vinthu vyakujipeleka vyakovwira pakuŵika galimoto. Mu 2013, ŵakasanga kuti ni pulogiramu yakumanyikwa chomene pa charu chose, ndipo ŵanthu ŵakujumpha 54% awo ŵali na mafoni gha pa charu chose ŵakugwiliskira ntchito. Mu 2017, pulogiramu iyi yikayowoyeka kuti yili na ŵanthu ŵakukwana 2 biliyoni awo ŵakugwiliskira ntchito pa Android, pamoza na vinyake vinandi vya Google nga ni YouTube, Chrome, Gmail, Search, na Google Play.