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20 years of Google Maps: From the desktop to your pocket - a revolution!
On February 8, 2025, Google Maps looks away for 20 years: from tiles to AI integration and global use.
20 years of Google Maps: From the desktop to your pocket - a revolution!
On February 8, 2025, Google Maps celebrates its 20th anniversary and looks back on impressive development. The digital map application was launched in 2005 after Google took over the “Where 2 Technologies” company in 2004. This project laid the foundation stone for groundbreaking technology by drawing the cards in tiles in advance, which revolutionized the user experience. The service in Germany, Spain, France and Italy was launched on April 26, 2006 and has since mapped more than 250 countries, as the Wikihow
During the development, Google Maps also mastered challenges, for example in Germany, where in 2010 data protection concerns about the anonymity of street shots caused many citizens to have their pictures pixelated. In the summer of 2023, Street View finally returned with updated images to offer users a better experience. 20 years after the foundation, Google Maps is not only a central platform for users worldwide, but also an important part of Google's advertising business.