Google has unveiled new generative AI features for its mapping and geospatial apps that are designed with enterprise users in mind. The new features, announced at Cloud Next in Las Vegas this week, add generative AI capabilities to Google\u2019s mapping platform, giving it enhanced visual and data analytics powers.<\/p>\n
One of the new features, called Maps Imagery Grounding, allows enterprise users to use generative AI to create realistic scenes in Google Street View to visualize how a particular project \u2014 be it a movie set or a planned construction site \u2014 might look. Users merely type a prompt into Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, which then conjures the scene inside Street View, as long as the proper settings have been enabled within Google Maps Imagery.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn seconds, you can storyboard your creative vision with an accurate image \u2014 and you can even use Veo to animate the scene,\u201d the company said in its press release.<\/p>\n
The company is also expanding the ways in which users can analyze data from satellite imagery in Google Earth. A new feature called Aerial and Satellite Insights allows users to analyze imagery that is stored in Google Cloud\u2019s BigQuery \u2014 the company\u2019s cloud-based data warehouse and analytics platform. The company claims that this feature shrinks \u201cweeks of work\u201d into just minutes of labor.<\/p>\n
Finally, the company is also launching two new Earth AI Imagery models, AI systems designed to assist with geospatial analysis. Google says that the models have been trained to identify \u201cspecific objects in imagery-like bridges, roads, and power lines.\u201d Previously, companies had to build and train their own AI systems to do this, a process Google says could take months. The new models mean \u201cbusinesses no longer need to spend months training and building AI from scratch when developing their own products.\u201d<\/p>\n
The announcements build on Google\u2019s broader push into enterprise geospatial AI. The company\u2019s Earth AI platform is already being used by partners, including Airbus<\/a> and Boston Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a> for applications ranging from environmental monitoring to disaster response.<\/p>\n \u201cThese AI updates unlock entirely new possibilities for businesses, data analysts, and urban planners,\u201d the company said in its release.<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco, CA
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