Nerdy geographer, dad of 3, plane and train nut, working for Google Maps in London. 🚄✈️🛰️🌍
Joined June 2008
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Ed Boiling retweeted
Jun 10
Honoured to be speaking at the @GMapsPlatform Community Day today 🙌
12 years ago I was interning with @boilerwadding's "Maps for Work" team in London and to this day #Maps is one of my favorite products.
Excited for what Maps x Gemini can do in the hands of developers 📍🚀
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Presenting world-scale inverse reinforcement learning (IRL) in Google Maps. Learn how RHIP, a new IRL algorithm, along with advances in graph compression & parallelization led to relative improvement in the quality of suggested routes in Google Maps. → goo.gle/3EBAc75
ALT Google Maps improvements in route match rate relative to the existing baseline, when using the RHIP inverse reinforcement learning policy.
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Ed Boiling retweeted
14 Jun 2023
We've been shipping NeRFs to Google Maps for a few months now. As of this morning, you can read about how we do it: ai.googleblog.com/2023/06/re…
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Ed Boiling retweeted
14 Jun 2023
Introducing the all-new Google Maps Platform Architecture Center!
This central resource will help you to quickly and more efficiently accelerate the integration of Google Maps Platform into your products or infrastructure.
Learn more → goo.gle/3CuVQZO
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Ed Boiling retweeted
16 May 2023
Haven't done of these in a while, but: here's every single job and profession in the lyrics of The Fall, listed by frequency of mention
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Ed Boiling retweeted
10 May 2023
Check out all of the new and updated products we announced today at #GoogleIO! 😎
Updates include:
- Photorealistic 3D Tiles
- Aerial View
- Data-driven styling for datasets
- Expanded customization features and more!
Read here ↓ cloud.google.com/blog/produc…
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Ed Boiling retweeted
23 Jun 2022
** Pause ** 🚦
We have news for you. 🙂 📰
There's an easier way to communicate key information to your users in a more visually engaging and intuitive way.
Introducing: Data-driven styling
Read about it here 👇 goo.gle/3HQvRh5
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Ed Boiling retweeted
9 Jun 2022
Power unlocked! 🦸♀️⚡️
We've been excited all week to show you powerful use cases that WebGL-powered map features unlocks.
Explore new features & get started here 📲 goo.gle/3mz4ONG
#webgl #googlemaps #webdeveloper #appdeveloper #developers
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3 Dec 2021
Our #LincolnWestEndLights theme this year is maps! Featuring old maps of Lincoln from the 1790s to the 1950s, plus some custom styled Google Maps :-)
ALT A black and white Google map of the University of Lincoln
ALT A styled Google map of Lincoln, UK
ALT A historic map of Lincoln from 1885
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3 Dec 2021
Completely outclassed by the neighbours as usual though! #WestEndLights2021 #LincolnWestEndLights
ALT An underwater window display in Lincoln's West End
ALT An underwater themed window display in Lincoln's West End
ALT An illuminated front garden in Lincoln's West End
ALT A Christmas tree themed window display in Lincoln's West End
21 May 2021
Strava heatmap shows some interesting running routes on Null Island. Wonder if they have a parkrun? strava.com/heatmap#15.45/-0.… #stravaheatmap
ALT Screenshot of the Strava running heatmap for latitude 0 longitude 0, sometimes referred to as Null Island, showing concentric circles and other geometric patterns caused by GPS error.
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We have all been waiting for this: Now it is possible to render maps in #3D using the Google Maps JavaScript API!
At Ubilabs we worked with the @GMapsPlatform team and created the first WebGL demos for the big launch during #GoogleIO2021.
developers.google.com/maps/d…
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Ed Boiling retweeted
14 Oct 2020
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. is bringing PAC-MAN™ to the real world in PAC-MAN GEO™ now available to everyone on iOS and Android. Learn more about the game built with the Google Maps Platform gaming solution → goo.gle/2ZDk5lj
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Ed Boiling retweeted
19 Aug 2020
Guys! I did a #scicomm thing. I helped @standupmaths / @AProblemSquared figure out whether the surface area of a country takes into account terrain.
Spoiler alert: it doesn't.
youtube.com/watch?v=PtKhbbcc…
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Ed Boiling retweeted
18 Aug 2020
Call it our summer glow-up. ✨
A new color-mapping algorithmic technique will help over 18 billion football fields of mountains, snow, and forests look more detailed on Maps. Learn more → goo.gle/3iRqEI9
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1 Jul 2020
still cannot believe these are all geniune places in the south west
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Ed Boiling retweeted
15 Jun 2020
Take control over your maps with five new map customization features that make map management, styling, and updating faster and easier than ever. Learn more → goo.gle/3fs5ajr
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Ed Boiling retweeted
17 Apr 2020
Retire your scrapers! now with the much requested csv option, some updated Community Mobility Reports
google.com/covid19/mobility/
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17 Apr 2020
Google's Covid-19 mobility reports have been updated again, and are now available in CSV format google.com/covid19/mobility/
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