Google Latitude
E573757
Google Latitude was a location-based service by Google that allowed users to share their real-time geographic location with friends via mobile devices and the web.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Google Latitude canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6172345 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google Latitude Context triple: [Loopt, competitor, Google Latitude]
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A.
Google Maps
Google Maps is a web-based mapping and navigation service by Google that provides detailed maps, real-time GPS navigation, traffic conditions, and location search worldwide.
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B.
Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe and mapping application that lets users explore detailed satellite imagery, 3D terrain, and geographic information for locations around the world.
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C.
Nokia HERE Maps
Nokia HERE Maps is a mapping and navigation service offering offline maps, turn-by-turn directions, and location-based features across multiple devices and platforms.
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D.
Oracle Maps JavaScript API
Oracle Maps JavaScript API is a web mapping library from Oracle that lets developers embed interactive, data-driven maps and spatial visualizations into browser-based applications using Oracle spatial technologies.
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E.
Snap Map
Snap Map is a Snapchat feature that lets users share and view friends’ real-time locations and public stories on an interactive world map.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Google Latitude Target entity description: Google Latitude was a location-based service by Google that allowed users to share their real-time geographic location with friends via mobile devices and the web.
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A.
Google Maps
Google Maps is a web-based mapping and navigation service by Google that provides detailed maps, real-time GPS navigation, traffic conditions, and location search worldwide.
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B.
Google Earth
Google Earth is a virtual globe and mapping application that lets users explore detailed satellite imagery, 3D terrain, and geographic information for locations around the world.
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C.
Nokia HERE Maps
Nokia HERE Maps is a mapping and navigation service offering offline maps, turn-by-turn directions, and location-based features across multiple devices and platforms.
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D.
Oracle Maps JavaScript API
Oracle Maps JavaScript API is a web mapping library from Oracle that lets developers embed interactive, data-driven maps and spatial visualizations into browser-based applications using Oracle spatial technologies.
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E.
Snap Map
Snap Map is a Snapchat feature that lets users share and view friends’ real-time locations and public stories on an interactive world map.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Google service
ⓘ
location-based service ⓘ |
| allows |
share real-time geographic location with friends
ⓘ
view friends’ locations on a map ⓘ |
| announcedAt | Google Blog ⓘ |
| availableOnPlatform |
Android
ⓘ
BlackBerry OS ⓘ Symbian ⓘ Windows Mobile ⓘ iOS ⓘ web ⓘ |
| availableVia |
Google Maps mobile app
ⓘ
linked to:
Google Maps
iGoogle gadget ⓘ |
| developer | Google ⓘ |
| discontinuationDate | 2013-08-09 ⓘ |
| discontinuationYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| feature |
background location updating
ⓘ
check-ins ⓘ friend location tracking ⓘ location history ⓘ location sharing level control ⓘ map-based interface ⓘ privacy controls ⓘ real-time location sharing ⓘ |
| genre |
geosocial networking service
ⓘ
social location sharing ⓘ |
| hasPrivacyConcern | location tracking ⓘ |
| hasPrivacyFeature |
ability to hide location
ⓘ
ability to set city-level location ⓘ ability to share location with selected contacts only ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Google Maps
ⓘ
Google account ⓘ
linked to:
Google Account
|
| launchDate | 2009-02-04 ⓘ |
| launchYear | 2009 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Google ⓘ |
| partOf |
Google Maps platform
ⓘ
linked to:
Google Maps
|
| providedBy |
Google Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Google
|
| replacedBy | Google+ location sharing ⓘ |
| status | discontinued ⓘ |
| successor |
Google+ location features
ⓘ
linked to:
Google Maps
|
| supports |
automatic location detection
ⓘ
manual location setting ⓘ |
| targetUser |
Google Maps users
ⓘ
mobile users ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
GPS
ⓘ
Wi-Fi positioning ⓘ cell tower triangulation ⓘ |
| website | https://www.google.com/latitude ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Google Latitude Description of subject: Google Latitude was a location-based service by Google that allowed users to share their real-time geographic location with friends via mobile devices and the web.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.