[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4Cast #661: Is digital navigation going the right way?

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OPLIN 4Cast #661: Is digital navigation going the right way?
August 28th, 2019

[image: Unusual 3d illustration os smartphone application for online
searching free parking place on the map. GPS Navigation. Parking and car
sharing concept] It wasn't that long ago that MapQuest
<https://www.mapquest.com/> ruled. Many of us remember printing out sheets
of turn-by-turn directions, and being thrilled that we wouldn't have to use
a paper map to navigate. Then, GPS units for cars came along and
revolutionized consumer travel yet again. Today, we now have this
capability literally in our pockets, as voice-assisted navigation is
standard on most smartphones.

For myself, I tend to use Google Maps, but I recently switched to Waze for
the novelty of having Cookie Monster
<https://lifehacker.com/how-to-make-cookie-monster-your-navigation-voice-in-waz-1836584967>tell
me where to go. As much as I love the voice and the commentary he provides,
he doesn't give out nearly as much info as Google does. I reluctantly
switched back to faithful, comprehensive Google, which tells me the names
of streets that I'm looking for, and not just "Turn right! OM NOM NOM."

Map technology is changing all of the time; here's a roundup of some recent
developments. And, as you'll see, map tech also has some issues that need
to be addressed.

   -
   - This startup helps you find any place on the planet without an address
   <https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/27/tech/what3words-app-w3w-address-startup/index.html>[CNN
   Business] " The company's answer is to divide the world into 57 trillion
   squares and give them each quirky, three-word addresses that what3words
   says can track down pretty much any place on the planet, from homes in an
   Indian slum to a refugee camp in Uganda to an alleyway in Hong Kong. "
   - Huawei may challenge Google Maps’ dominance with its own mapping tech
   <https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/16/20809125/huawei-google-maps-mapping-service-yandex-apple-harmonyos>
   [The Verge] " The service is apparently intended for software developers,
   meaning apps that offer navigation or ride-hailing services could use
   Huawei’s planned mapping technology instead of building their own. "
   - The Pin Is Mightier: Why it’s so satisfying to find—and make—fake
   locations in Google Maps
   <https://slate.com/technology/2019/08/google-maps-fake-locations-easy.html>
   [Slate] " Someone’s created a fake snowboard shop called 'Edward’s Snow
   Den' located in the Secret Intelligence Service’s London headquarters.
   (Edward Snowden’s face, of course, is the main photo.) When you search for
   'Hell on earth,' Google results point to a street in Birmingham, England;
   the DMV in Plano, Texas; and a Catholic school in Stevenage, England. "
   - How to Report Fake Listings on Google Maps
   <https://lifehacker.com/how-to-report-fake-listings-on-google-maps-1837588292>
   [Lifehacker] " Google has been making small efforts to clean up its Maps
   service, but users can take it upon themselves to police the service, too.
   "

*From the Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:*

   - Trimble Launches Division Dedicated to Advancing Commercial
   Map-Centric Technology
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=201902120900PR.NEWS.USPR.SF50109&site=ehost-live>
   ( PR Newswire. (2019, February 12). Trimble Launches Division Dedicated to
   Advancing Commercial Map-Centric Technology. *PR Newswire US*. )
   - Tech Solution for Contractors adds Enhanced Aerial Images 4X Clearer
   than Google Maps
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=201907301013PR.NEWS.USPR.FL26584&site=ehost-live>
   ( PR Newswire. (2019, July 30). Tech Solution for Contractors adds Enhanced
   Aerial Images 4X Clearer than Google Maps. *PR Newswire US*. )
   - History's Most Misleading Maps: Today's high-tech devices aren't the
   only tools leading voyagers astray. And some "mistakes" were made
   deliberately
   <https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=123922527&site=ehost-live>(
   Thompson, C. (2017). History’s Most Misleading Maps: Today’s high-tech
   devices aren’t the only tools leading voyagers astray. And some “mistakes”
   were made deliberately. *Smithsonian*, *48*(4), 18. )

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