Google announced the release of API content for three Google Maps services, which will allow businesses and developers to easily obtain data on solar energy, air quality, and pollen spread in various places, allowing more application services to generate higher commercial application revenue through such real-time information.
Among them, the solar energy related data acquisition API originated from the one proposed by Google in 2015.Project SunroofThe project allows users to evaluate the actual benefits of installing solar panels through Google Maps data. Currently, it provides businesses and developers with access to solar energy-related data in the form of a Solar API.
Partners with Google on this API include Tokyo Electric Power Company and Mona Lee Solar, and Google anticipates attracting more solar energy companies through this API. Documents indicate that Google estimates the Solar API will generate between $9000 million and $1 million in revenue within the first year. The Solar API will also be integrated with more Google Cloud sustainability services in the future.
Another API provides real-time air quality data and pollen transmission status. This API displays air quality conditions and pollen transmission paths in different locations through heat tables, making this data more accessible to related applications and services. This data also helps uncover new market opportunities, such as identifying crowd congestion through air quality changes or environmental changes through pollen transmission paths.
Google has previously licensed its Google Maps API, allowing companies like Uber to build various applications based on its map data, making it a key revenue source for Google Cloud. The announcement of three new APIs, combined with previously available data and revenue from services like advertising on Google Maps, is expected to generate even greater revenue for Google.
