Google Maps in an app available for iPhones, Android,
This app can be used in ways similar to the Google search engine; as long as it’s a place that exists anywhere on Earth, its name can be typed into a search bar at the top of the app, for either it or a similarly named location to be instantly found. Users can pinpoint the exact spot on its map by typing in anything from a street address, to a business, an island, a city, a country, or even iconic landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower.
Additionally, Google Maps is an excellent way to map out not only your current location, but also the directions that can be taken for you to go there. It can even calculate how long it would take you to get there, based on the distance of the path, and the speed you’re expected to travel at. (Of course, that can still vary due to the velocity, which can be slowed by traffic, or by which directions you actually follow.)
Today, Google Maps has 99% coverage of the entire world, [1] built with reliable, comprehensive data for over 200 countries and territories. It also has up to 25 million updates a day, enabling accurate, real-time location information for its 1 billion monthly active users. [1]
Instagram is a social network website with its own mobile app, available for iPhones, Android and is also able to be used on web browsers. It’s , to post photos that can have its colors changed with filters, organized with hashtags, and given captions along with information on where the photo was taken from.
It was first launched in 2010 by its creators Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger. In the eight years since then, it has grown with substantial success, reaching up to 800 million monthly users, including 200 daily users since the platform added a new feature called “Stories”, which mimics the 24-hour-only post capabilities of its main rival Snapchat. [2]
- ^ https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/
- ^ https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/25/16361356/instagram-500-million-daily-active-users