Google Maps is getting a brand new replace known as wildfire layer that may assist customers test for wildfires and get entry to raised navigation. With the wildfire layer function, customers can see the newest particulars about a number of fires without delay, which can permit them to make knowledgeable selections throughout occasions of emergency. The function will work primarily based on satellite tv for pc knowledge. Google can also be bringing Tree Canopy Insights to trace inexperienced cowl and determine locations at best threat from rising temperatures. Additionally, the platform is releasing an Address Maker app to determine the places with out formal addresses. The wildfire layer function shall be out there to Google Maps customers worldwide on Android, iOS, and desktop beginning this October.

Through a blog post on Wednesday, September 29, Google detailed all the brand new options that Google Maps is bringing to its customers. The new wildfire layer function is the growth of the wildfire boundary map launched final yr within the US. It assists in understanding the approximate dimension and placement of fireside from their units. The wildfire layer will present particulars about a number of fires without delay. And when the function is stay in your Google Maps software, you possibly can see necessary particulars a couple of fireplace by tapping on it (purple areas with pins), comparable to its containment, what number of acres have burned, and when was the data final reported.

In the US, Google Maps has taken assist from National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) so as to add extra particulars to the function. Google says it’s planning to broaden the info for extra international locations, beginning with Australia later this yr. The Wildfire layer shall be out there to Google Maps customers worldwide on Android beginning this week. The iOS and desktop customers will get it beginning this October.

Google can also be releasing Tree Canopy Insights to over 100 cities across the globe, together with Guadalajara, London, Sydney, and Toronto within the first half of 2022.

The Tree Canopy Insights makes use of aerial imagery and superior AI (Artificial Intelligence) capabilities to determine warmth islands (devoid of inexperienced cowl) which might be at excessive threat of accelerating temperatures. Google says native authorities can entry the free Tree Canopy knowledge to get insights about the place to plant bushes to extend shade and scale back warmth. Google piloted this function in Los Angeles.

With the brand new free Address Maker app, Google Maps is supporting individuals who stay in locations with out formal addresses. With the free Address Maker app, individuals can now use the open course system known as Plus Codes to create distinctive, functioning addresses from an Android app. The six-digit codes might be positioned on Google Maps and shall be navigable. Address Maker helps organisations assign addresses and add lacking roads. The firm stated governments and NGOs in Gambia, Kenya, India, South Africa, and the US are already utilizing Address Maker.