{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Spatial Stack with Matt Forrest","title":"Chatting with the Physical World: Google's Yael Maguire on AI, Maps, and 280 Billion Images","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/cb335a04\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2253,"description":"What happens when you give an AI the ability to see and understand the physical world? In this episode, Matt Forrest sits down with Yael Maguire, GM and VP of Google Maps Platform and Google Earth, to unpack the massive platform shift happening at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and geospatial technology.\nYael pulls back the curtain on how Google is transforming its massive corpus of 280 billion Street View, aerial, and satellite images into a searchable, interactive database. Discover how developers, urban planners, and creatives can now ask quantitative questions about physical infrastructure, monitor disaster response in real-time, and even generate hyper-realistic, location-grounded videos using tools like Nano Banana and Veo.\nWhether you're building digital twins, tracking climate impact, or revolutionizing the advertising and film industries, this conversation reveals the exact tools Google is rolling out to help you build the future.\nIn this episode, we cover:\n- How \"Ask Maps\" is changing consumer and enterprise search.\n- Using AI to instantly audit city infrastructure like power lines, hydrants, and potholes.\n- Grounding generative AI models (Nano Banana and Veo) in actual Street View imagery.\n- Google’s partnerships for real-time disaster response using satellite AI.\n- The launch of Google Earth AI and what it means for developers.\nLEARN MORE\nFull Announcement: https://mapsplatform.google.com/resources/blog/three-new-ways-to-build-with-real-world-imagery\nMore Google Next Announcements: https://mapsplatform.google.com/resources\n00:00 - Intro\n01:20 - Meet Yael Maguire & Google Maps Platform\n03:18 - The AI Platform Shift: Unpacking the New \"Ask Maps\"\n08:48 - Street View Insights: Querying 280 Billion Images with AI\n11:12 - Real-World Use Cases: Digital Twins & City Infrastructure\n14:04 - The Sky-Down View: Satellite AI & Disaster Response\n16:33 - Scaling Solar APIs & The Importance of Temporal Data\n18:58 - Unifying Street View, Aerial, and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eQgCuZrC7zp58BwqV7sl3SCjjIPfOYXp-k4ce29LXQY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80ZjU3/N2JlMDJiYTFjOWY5/OWQ5NWQxYmZjMjMw/Yzg1ZC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}