In the Atlantic monthly, in the near future the Google "chief technology advocates" Michael Jones (Miccael Jones) of the interview, Jones says map concept the biggest change has occurred, is with the user's dynamic, interactive dialogue. And this kind of personalized will continue to upgrade. He talked about the possibility of concrete.
Reporters from sohu IT translation of the IBM ThinkPad R60 0658 cpu fan to pick out the several key questions:
Q: compared with ten years ago, "map" concept has undergone earth-shaking changes. The past map printed in a book or hang on the wall, but now have implanted intelligent mobile phone. What change is the most important? Will there be any other changes appear?
A: and before the 6000-10000 different, over the past decade map the main change is more "personalized". Not map itself has changed. Look at the 1940 map and Google modern map, they are almost the same. But old maps is a fixed drawings, anyone see are all the same. The new map for users and different, it can drag, can be enlarged, can choose different mode, still can ask the restaurant location and navigation. And so the map said goodbye to the static, stylized picture mode, turning to a dynamic interactive dialogue.
I think this is the biggest change, it has happened.
Q: what happens next?
Answer: the person and the map more personalized the dialogue. You can imagine, in the future, if you have a wearable computer, dialogue will be more private: you will see the continuous guide information flow, other people don't know it gives you any Suggestions.
For example, now people in about in the mobile phone navigation, in the future, the mobile phone will through speech or writing provide and you turn left or straight, or through the glasses of visual image tell you, you just need to know where to go to it. No matter where you are, you will be as one familiar with. In Beijing, you can understand each lane, in Paris, you can know all the way around, even if you haven't been to before. Road signs will automatic translation.
Super intelligent maps will enter the life of IBM Laptop CPU Fan. Now have a Google search or map, people's intelligence quotient (IQ) improve twenty points. People don't think this is Google's credit, they feel smart, because they can rely on these tools. Once the tool is not accurate or paralysis, the user will feel disappointed, this is what reason. People will think of the brain one 5 failure.
Q: this is not and car GSP navigation?
Answer: not only that. Google geographic team from two grain "seed" growth, and a grain is Keyhole, it led to the Google Earth, and two brothers developed Google map. We are always in the effort, to develop the most complex, authority, the map of the practical solutions, I think so far we are successful. We will edit it as an English dictionary, or is drafting the encyclopedia. This is equivalent to create general reference tools, have a lot of hard work, great investment, everyone can use.
You can think of, from the literary perspective Dr. Johnson editing English dictionary, you might say: "yes, Dr. Johnson, you made dictionary." You use the words written on paper? Maybe you will write mystery novels, comedy or adventure stories. You can use a dictionary words to write a lot of things.
We think that is now established the map "dictionary", it produced a new "literature". We have a Android applications that Field Trip. Download, then said: "I don't want to disturb you, how much is the frequency of the dialogue is good?" You tell it "has been" or "little", close applications will phone in his pocket, he don't have to reason it.
You videotapes, say "Washington DC", the mobile phone will ring, and then tell you: "there is a precise map, you leave it only 25 feet. If you want to go to Einstein memorial hall, you can see it on the map." You keep moving, the mobile phone will say: "in the 500 - meter range, a block of the left is the first evaluation of Greek restaurant." Or it will say: "you are behind the corner on your favorite movies". It use of your geographical location information search you are interested, it knows what do you care about. No matter where you are, you have a taste of experts know you company, let your life more simple.
I have seen moving towards this direction map transformation. In the travel, we have worry about lost and worry about language, these problems are all disappear. As long as you have a mobile phone, put on Google maps, can in any place accessible to the world, according to provide navigation information, you can go to any where you want to go, no one will get lost.