The extremely popular navigation service adds three-dimensional mapping and a whole lot of AI features.

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When it comes to maps—a technology that is 4,000 years old—two completely contradictory things are true: Nothing has changed. And everything has changed. What hasn’t changed is maps are a language.

I HAVE ALL THESE HIGHWAY MAPS THAT I PICK UP AT THE REST AREAS, MAPS. ANDY WOODRUFF PROUDLY SHOWS US THE HUNDREDS HE HAS COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS. THESE ARE MADE BY MAJOR CARTOGRAPHY FIRMS OF THE DAY.

To make aesthetically pleasing, informative maps, mapmakers and graphic designers have historically used time-consuming tasks and workflows as part of the job. But what if you could get to the ...