Episode 41: Layers

There is a lot of information on Google Maps – an overwhelming amount in fact. If you zoom in or out, other types of information will be shown to you: e.g. city or even country names if you’re zoomed out, and individual street or place names when you’re zooming in. Other types of information can also be displayed when you have specific needs, such as traffic information when you are driving.

All of that information is stored and organized on the map in layers – and that is the topic of this episode.

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    • The local guides section on my blog
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    • The official page about the transit partner program
    • Google’s 2009 blogpost on collecting traffic info
    • The Guardian on Simon Weckert’s work of art Google Maps Hacks
    • Google’s blogpost on predicting traffic with AI
    • Info on Google SOS Alerts
    • Info on Google Public Alerts
    • Info on the AQI (Air Quality Index)
    • Groovypost’s step by step guide on how to use the 3D/Globe View layer
    • Technical info on the layers for developers
    • The excellent book about the history of Google Maps: Never Lost Again
    • Info on how to use layers
    • Sign up to become a local guide yourself
    • Local Guides Connect – the official forum for Local Guides