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Mobile phones play a crucial role in mapping by its users in collaboration with the internet and global positioning system (GPS). This helps in the production and optimization for individual viewer-specific “locative media.” This usage goes beyond locating a physical address in order to become a creative description of the place with mobile filming of photos and videos. The chapter discusses the mapping by Google maps using the iPhone. The physical concept of geographies cannot be understood by AI alone; it needs a large amount of data to create more experiential and accurate geography. Collaborative user-generated content helps to strengthen the accuracy and detailing of maps. Introduction of Augmented Reality in Google maps app is one of such developments by Google.
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Kusuma, K.S. (2021). Mapping Through Mobile Filming: An iPhone Mapper’s Flirtation with Google’s Artificial Intelligence (AI). In: Schleser, M., Xu, X. (eds) Mobile Storytelling in an Age of Smartphones. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87247-2_4
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