{"id":1291,"date":"2014-09-10T08:01:53","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T15:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2014-09-09T23:26:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T06:26:50","slug":"check-out-googles-cartographer-backpack-for-indoor-mapping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/10\/check-out-googles-cartographer-backpack-for-indoor-mapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out Google&#8217;s Cartographer backpack for indoor mapping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Here\u2019s a powerful\u2014if ungainly (\u201c\u2026<em>Ladies<\/em>\u201d) <a href=\"http:\/\/google-latlong.blogspot.com\/2014\/09\/making-of-maps-cornerstones.html\">new wearable tool for map makers<\/a>. TechCrunch <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2014\/09\/04\/google-unveils-the-cartographer-its-indoor-mapping-backpack\/?ncid=rss&amp;cps=gravity\">writes<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Cartographer uses a process called \u201csimultaneous localization and mapping\u201d (SLAM), a technique that\u2019s typically used for mapping new locations and that Google is now putting to use to map anything from hotels to museums.<\/p>\n<p>As the backpacker walks through a building, the floor plan is automatically generated in real time, Google says. The wearer also uses a tablet to add points of interest while walking around the building (say room numbers in a hotel or the exhibits in a museum).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"cartographer.gif\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/cartographer.gif\" alt=\"Cartographer\" width=\"443\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Here\u2019s a powerful\u2014if ungainly (\u201c\u2026Ladies\u201d) new wearable tool for map makers. TechCrunch writes, The Cartographer uses a process called \u201csimultaneous localization and mapping\u201d (SLAM), a technique that\u2019s typically used for mapping new locations and that Google is now putting to use to map anything from hotels to museums. As the backpacker walks through a building, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1291\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}