6. Greece will get explored from the consolation of house
Throughout the pandemic, we additionally supported the Ministry of Tourism with the Greece From Dwelling initiative, geared toward serving to Greeks and other people from everywhere in the world keep related with Greek tradition, and uncover and get impressed by the fantastic thing about our nation — all from house.
7. ‘Be Web superior’ kicks off
Our academic program “Be Web superior” kicked off in Greece in 2020, with the intention of instructing folks about web security. To this point, this system, supported by Google.org, has allowed us to coach 15,000 lecturers and greater than 230,000 college students — both reside or on-line.
8. Android Earthquake Alerts is piloted in Greece
In 2021, we piloted Android Earthquake Alerts — which makes use of sensors in Android telephones to detect earthquakes all over the world — a yr after its launch within the U.S. and New Zealand. In a pure catastrophe or emergency, each second counts. That is very true in Greece, a rustic frequently hit by earthquakes. Supporting the nation with disaster response continues to be key for Google in Greece.
9. Google Cloud area is coming to Greece
In 2022, we introduced our plan to open the primary Cloud area in Greece, in the end aiming to assist speed up the nation’s digital transformation. In accordance with analysis from AlphaBeta Economics commissioned by Google, by 2030, Google Cloud’s area in Greece will contribute a cumulative USD 2.2 billion to Greek GDP, and assist the creation of greater than 19,400 jobs by that yr.
10. Athens: Town is the museum’ launches
That yr, we additionally celebrated the attractive capital of Greece with Athens: Town is the museum. This joint initiative developed with the Ministry of Tourism and the Municipality of Athens promoted the town as a vacationer vacation spot. Strive the curated audio walks utilizing Google Maps with sound to expertise Athens in an entire new method.
11. Google accelerates sustainable growth in Greece
Additionally in 2022, through the seventh Delphi Financial Discussion board, the Greek Ministry of Tourism and Google introduced the launch of a joint instructional program aiming to speed up the sustainable growth of small and medium-sized tourism enterprises in Greece. The brand new instructional program ran in collaboration with the International Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC).
12. Flood Hub involves Greece
In 2023, we prolonged our flood forecasting capabilities to Greece. The platform Flood Hub now consists of a few of Greece’s areas with the best percentages of inhabitants uncovered to flood threat and those who expertise extra excessive climate. Governments, assist organisations and people can use Flood Hub to take well timed motion and put together for riverine floods, seeing regionally related flood information and forecasts as much as seven days upfront.
13. Bard speaks Greek
It’s July 2023: Bard — our collaborative AI software — speaks and understands Greek, enabling native customers to collaborate and create of their native language.
14. Immersive view launches
“It takes a lifetime to find Greece, nevertheless it solely takes an instantaneous to fall in love together with her,” the author Henry Miller stated. Effectively, this yr, falling in love with a few of the biggest Greek landmarks obtained simpler, extra pure and intuitive with immersive view in Google Maps. Begin from the Parthenon then proceed with the Erechtheion, the Theatre of Dionysus, Hadrian’s Gate and the Temple of Olympian Zeus.
