https://medium.com/@michaelgunawardena/ever-wondered-how-google-maps-work-74c03ef17f79 > Used to be that “looking something on a map” meant unfolding a huge piece of paper you kept in your glove box and driving past the turn off to your destination by the time you had figured out where to make the turn. > Fast forward a few years and now thanks to Google maps you can zoom in so far on nearly any street in the world, and whether you want a bodega in the big apple or just a regular apple in Manhattan, Kansas, you are not bound to have a problem.