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What Really Happens When You Search for a Place on Google Maps?

You open Google Maps, type “coffee shop near me,” and almost immediately a list of places appears. You get names, ratings, photos, opening hours, distances, and sometimes even an estimate of how long…

  • User's query "Best restaurants near me" is broken into "What?", "Where?", and "Intent?"
  • Phone uses GPS, Wi-Fi, cellular networks, and sensors to estimate user's location
  • Request travels from phone to Google Maps Services over the internet

A WebSocket reconnect is not a free pass

A long-lived WebSocket often authenticates once at connect time. That is necessary, not sufficient. On reconnect, after a resume token, or when the client re-subscribes to a channel, re-check authorization against current membership and roles.

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