Google Maps: GPS accuracy will increase

Google is working on a technology that will improve the accuracy of location and orientation in the Maps app. A more reliable process than GPS and compass, combining Image, Street View and artificial intelligence with machine learning.

Google Maps is a very practical application, but it can still be perfected. Mountain View firm does this as a blog post and announced that it is working to improve one of the most important functions of its service, but that it sometimes encounters glitches: the accuracy of GPS. And yes, it has happened to everyone: you are in Maps and the blue dot is not in the right place or the halo showing which way you are looking is in the wrong direction. The goal is to fix such problems.

Google Maps will have more accurate GPS

Google explains that Maps currently determines your location and direction using two main tools: GPS technology and the compass. Gold, “Both have physical limitations that make this problem difficult to solve. [d’imprécision]especially in urban areas” notify the company. So he looked for a new solution and thinks he’s found it with what he calls himself. “Global Localization”.

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Visual Positioning Service (VPS) is a process that uses Street View and also machine learning and thus AI technique. VPS “create a map to create a large-scale and quickly searchable catalog of all these visual elements by first taking a series of images of known locations and analyzing them for key visual elements such as the outlines of buildings or bridges”.

Inevitably, in this way, the precision of localization largely depends on the quality of the imaging. That’s where Street View, a source of high-resolution photos of environments, comes into play. It’s this service that allows Google Maps to offer you the augmented reality navigation we talked about on February 11. As for AI, it plays many roles. Its main feature is, without a doubt, to identify the most important elements of the decor, elements that are not in danger of being lost, changed or changed over time. As we know, Street View photos are not always so new and environments can change. This is all still in development, but it looks very promising and Google seems confident it’s the ultimate answer to GPS inaccuracy in navigation apps.