Google Inc.

Ammar Ibrahim

Robert Allen Ryskamp

Patrick Pui Wah Leung

Iyad F I Assad

Pascal Corpet

Yariv Adan

Lucia Terrenghi

Steve Anthony Rogers

Christopher John Digiano

Jannine C Versi

Andrew John McGlinchey

A method includes identifying a plurality of linear geographic dividers for a region, wherein the plurality of linear geographic dividers comprises one or more of streets, railways, electrical lines or rivers, determining a set of logical geometric blocks for the region, based on the identified plurality of linear geographic dividers and generating one or more tiles based at least on the plurality of linear geographic dividers and the determined logical geometric blocks.

Local maps using tiles

Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for updating a point of interest (POI) data repository. A system may be configured to receive a communication comprising an image associated with a point of interest, extract textual data from the image, identify a portion of the textual data that corresponds to a point of interest (POI) field in a point of interest listing, and update the point of interest (POI) data repository based on the portion of the textual data that corresponds to the POI field.

Updating point of interest data based on an image

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Zurich, Switzerland

Ammar Ibrahim