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How Does Google Know How Busy a Place Is?

Summary by thinglabs.io
Google Maps has a smart way to tell how busy places are. It uses data from people’s phones and searches to figure this out. Google uses anonymous location data and real-time searches to determine how busy a place is. When there’s not enough current data, Google looks at past information to make a good guess. The busiest time for a place becomes the benchmark. Google compares other times to this peak. If a shop is always packed on Saturday at 4 p…
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thinglabs.io broke the news in on Friday, November 15, 2024.
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