In 2005, Google launched a satellite-imagery-based system for outdoor navigation, and in the next 11 years, Google Maps evolved to include real-time traffic conditions, panoramic street views, and route planning. For the first time, people were introduced to a new system of navigation where they were not dependent on physical maps or transit booklets. They could confidently go to a new city and navigate like a local.
Here is a Google Maps car that collects street view data:
The practicality of Google's idea fits well with the concept of the Internet of Things. In the IoT's context, either a user needs to know the location of the IoT devices or vice versa. To understand this, consider the example of Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, United States. It is a football stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area and has served as the home...
