Mapping Your Way With Google

" Let's size chairs lava lamps food ball tables pool tables video games. Like -- his living room. But it's not. It's actually Google and the Googleplex list -- has been given unprecedented. Explosive access inside Googleplex in Mountain View California. And joins us now lives."

" Brian you forgot the dodge ball team. That's the least of it okay they've got a vegetable garden that the cafeteria tends to and then they put fresh vegetables in all the food in the cafeteria. We are at the Googleplex and I'm I'm told about an hour the bike brigade starts to arrive. About a third of the people who work here ride their bike to work and not just from the neighboring towns. From San Francisco so as people are are very very green here and they're they're very innovative -- feel that you get from Silicon Valley classic but. With 20000. Employees here it's really fascinating to start watching people arrive at the Googleplex and she all of the big ideas that are coming here and one of them is something that. I really can't live without and that's Google Maps but the map maker is now becoming a brand new idea. And we have the product manager from Google map maker and her name is -- marks on the and that's what we're trying to do we're trying to show the people behind each of the divisions here at Google welcome Jeff nice to see you."

" Thank you welcome to do well well how is Google Maps different from Google map -- what is. While that's is a place where millions of people go every day to find how to get to point -- to point here find the location would not maker. People can literally edit those maps of places that they know in -- to make them richer more up to date and more accurate it sounds like Wikipedia for maps and -- maps kind of thing it's a similar concept that the fundamental principle is that the people who know the best information. About a particular location. -- the people who live there or worked there or have some familiarity. People who who drive around that many of them have -- for example the garment hand held GPS devices and that may maker used that -- how does that work. How it works is you can literally go to the map and drop on top of the satellite imagery Google has really great satellite imagery that you can -- roads on to locate the rooftop of your favorite cafe at sector. Then with a GPS device what you can do is put that GP and those she gets tracked into -- can now file. Upload that to Google my maps and then Trace over that and if you've unveiled this is starting out -- not here in the US just yet ones that happening. I'll it will be happening probably sometime next year next year but for now it's it India Pakistan it's -- 174 countries worldwide started in South Asia India and Pakistan what can you show was here. They've got the screens set out -- so let me go to. Angle where."

" And let's. Let's not the cat that -- so I'm just going to zoom down way down. And out turn and so the hybrid so we can also be OK so now we're seeing you see how these lines diesel roads that people -- on top. So let's say that I want I need to add a cafe in Bangalore India by the way yet. So I had taken Internet cafe. And feminists today -- I recognize that this building right here is my favorite and -- could so here I can fill out all the information about that. Including a lot of additional details like including the website information right here."

" By the way if it would you ask for the exact address it gives the road. And then it says the -- not talk cut India that's the region I'm just wondering though in many of these developing countries still have a story it's. So -- you can view map by landmark. Can't you can't actually we just recently. -- driving directions by landmark in in India. But you know even IMAX can change I was talking with a map maker using Pakistan last week lives on an unnamed street by a big -- wall while they -- the wall red. Last week so all of a sudden you know visitors couldn't find him so he's actually going to start engaging the government he's a professor at a local university. To try to work out some Urban Planning so that -- can start naming streets and use map maker to help but how reliable is the data that people to this that's the thing and troops jump on it making sure that they just throwing stuff you know fortunately it's it's it's really really good -- so we have a moderation system. Every single edit I may have to be moderated by other users it's. And if it says just a side street may be only a few people have to approve it but it fits of you know have a big monument something important it takes a lot more."

" sound as the product manager for Google map maker it'll be unveiling in the US next year but authority in more than a 140 countries very interesting stuff thank got they got about that you -- going to private. I was these directions and people nickel left where the old church used to be. -- that doesn't help me. So what you're getting with a map maker is all kinds of data and information that will really help you as you find your way throughout the world. Pretty interesting."

" And the satellite features very cool to look at you -- don't check out yes. Certain homes that are prominent in the news for one reason or another list."

" Don't give people bad ideas room."

" So I'm here for a at this claim that all day at Googleplex list thanks very much."