Google Maps just got a colorful upgrade starting Tuesday 18th August 2020. Google maps on desktop and mobile will feature more color and visual features in 220 countries.
Map currently has HD satellite imagery over 98 percent of earth.Now with a new color- mapping algorithmic technique. Google can create a more colorful and vibrant map on a global scale.
When you explore a specific location, you will be able to see more of natural features like green vegetation, tan beaches and desserts and blue bodies of water.
If you want to check on the snow or ice conditions on a mountain top, you can see that from maps.
The borders to national parks and other parks are also more clearly displayed.
How does this color- mapping technique work? First we use , computer vision to identify natural features from our satellite imagery, looking specific at icy, forested and mountainous regions." A Google blog post reads" We then analyze these features and assign them a range of colors on the HSV color model.For example a densely covered forest can be classified as a dark green, while an area of patchy shrubs cloud appear as a lighter shade of green".
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