{"id":13061,"date":"2020-07-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=13061"},"modified":"2020-07-15T23:07:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T06:07:09","slug":"google-maps-improves-blue-dot-accuracy-via-ar-live-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/16\/google-maps-improves-blue-dot-accuracy-via-ar-live-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps improves &#8220;blue dot&#8221; accuracy via AR Live View"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My team has been collaborating with Maps folks for the last year+ to power great AR experiences, and while the feature below isn&#8217;t AR per se, it leverages the same tech stack to address a longstanding problem with GPS. Per <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2020\/07\/14\/google-maps-live-view-calibrate\/\">9to5 Google<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Google is now letting you \u201cCalibrate with Live View\u201d to improve the accuracy of the blue dot in Maps. Most are familiar with the dot that marks current location having a beam to signify what direction you\u2019re pointed in. [&#8230;]<\/p><p>Tapping the blue circle will open a full-screen menu with the new option at the bottom under \u201cSave your parking.\u201d This will launch the same camera UI used by Live View and should only take a few seconds of panning.<\/p><p>Afterwards, your location should be highly accurate and not jump around. Meanwhile, the beam is replaced by a solid arrow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-854x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13062\" srcset=\"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-854x1024.png 854w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-250x300.png 250w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image-768x921.png 768w, http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/image.png 874w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/google-maps-live-view-calibrate.png?w=731\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My team has been collaborating with Maps folks for the last year+ to power great AR experiences, and while the feature below isn&#8217;t AR per se, it leverages the same tech stack to address a longstanding problem with GPS. Per 9to5 Google, Google is now letting you \u201cCalibrate with Live View\u201d to improve the accuracy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061"}],"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=13061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13063,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13061\/revisions\/13063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}