The working of Maps is based on the simple principle of collecting an exhaustive amount of data and then processing and presenting it to the world. So I'll tell you step by step how it acquires the data and how it actually provides with valuable traffic data to us. And how is Google Maps still profitable to Google? Okay, so let's start with the basics. So it first acquires data from multiple sources, such as satellite official map records from government agencies, and location data from the users