People traveling over the weekend all across the world were left in the lurch after the Google Maps service crashed on Friday. The outage, on the other hand, spawned a slew of memes, with most users surprised that the service was down.
People struggled to load maps on their phones, making it impossible to navigate correctly, prompting netizens to go to Twitter to see if it was a one-off problem. People from all around the world soon joined up, realizing that their lives depended on the app far more than they realized.
The outage began late Friday evening, according to Downdetector. Mapping services were disrupted in the United States, Canada, several regions of Europe, India, Australia, and other nations.
Google Maps Servers Went Down In Over 6 Nations
While some users reported that the app continued displaying rerouting alerts, others said that the maps became blank, rendering the app useless. Many customers were taken aback by the outage, saying they couldn’t recall a time when the mapping services had been down for so long.
Google did not provide any more information on the outage or what caused it; nevertheless, the Google Maps platform status dashboard recognized the event and stated that services had been interrupted. Google announced that the problem has been resolved a few hours later. “We can confirm that the technical problem that occurred earlier today has been resolved,” a business spokeswoman told Mashable.
On Twitter, though, the craze remained, with “Google Maps” trending globally.
People seeking actual maps cracked jokes, while others mocked other service providers like Apple Maps, claiming that they might not want to use it even in this case. Google Maps is a consumer application and web mapping platform developed by Google. Satellite images, aerial photos, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets, real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for walking, driving, biking, flying, and taking public transportation are all available. Google Maps was utilized by over 1 billion people each month throughout the world by 2020.
