Snap Map
E264023
Snap Map is a Snapchat feature that lets users share and view friends’ real-time locations and public stories on an interactive world map.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Snap Map canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2413019 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snap Map Context triple: [Snapchat, hasFeature, Snap Map]
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A.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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B.
Mapam
Mapam was a left-wing socialist Zionist political party in Israel that played a significant role in the early decades of the state, particularly within the kibbutz movement and peace-oriented politics.
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C.
Maps Platform Maps Library
Maps Platform Maps Library is a JavaScript library from Google that lets developers embed and customize interactive Google Maps within their web applications.
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D.
Map
Map is a 1961 painting by American artist Jasper Johns that depicts a large, abstracted map of the United States using his characteristic blend of recognizable imagery and painterly experimentation.
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E.
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs are Google’s software development kits that enable developers to integrate interactive maps, location services, and related geospatial features into mobile applications on platforms like Android and iOS.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Snap Map Target entity description: Snap Map is a Snapchat feature that lets users share and view friends’ real-time locations and public stories on an interactive world map.
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A.
MAP
MAP was the abbreviated name used for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Aircraft Production, the World War II government department responsible for overseeing and increasing aircraft manufacturing.
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B.
Mapam
Mapam was a left-wing socialist Zionist political party in Israel that played a significant role in the early decades of the state, particularly within the kibbutz movement and peace-oriented politics.
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C.
Maps Platform Maps Library
Maps Platform Maps Library is a JavaScript library from Google that lets developers embed and customize interactive Google Maps within their web applications.
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D.
Map
Map is a 1961 painting by American artist Jasper Johns that depicts a large, abstracted map of the United States using his characteristic blend of recognizable imagery and painterly experimentation.
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E.
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs
Maps Platform Mobile SDKs are Google’s software development kits that enable developers to integrate interactive maps, location services, and related geospatial features into mobile applications on platforms like Android and iOS.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Snapchat feature
ⓘ
location-sharing service ⓘ |
| accessMethod |
map icon in Snapchat interface
ⓘ
pinch-to-zoom gesture on Snapchat camera screen ⓘ |
| allows |
users to browse Snaps from specific locations
ⓘ
users to share their location with friends ⓘ users to view friends’ locations ⓘ users to view public stories on a map ⓘ |
| availableOn |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ |
| brand | Snapchat ⓘ |
| contentSource |
friends
ⓘ
public submissions ⓘ |
| contentType |
Snaps
ⓘ
Stories ⓘ |
| dataShown |
approximate user location
ⓘ
public Snaps clustered by area ⓘ time since last location update ⓘ |
| developer | Snap Inc. ⓘ |
| featureType |
interactive map
ⓘ
real-time location sharing ⓘ story discovery ⓘ |
| hasName | Snap Map ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
control which friends see location
ⓘ
toggle Ghost Mode on or off ⓘ update location only when Snapchat is open ⓘ |
| integratesWith |
Snapchat Stories
ⓘ
linked to:
Snapchat
Snapchat camera ⓘ
linked to:
Snapchat Lenses
|
| introducedBy | Snapchat update ⓘ |
| partOf | Snapchat ⓘ |
| platform |
Snapchat mobile application
ⓘ
linked to:
Snapchat
|
| privacyControl |
Ghost Mode
ⓘ
friends-only location sharing ⓘ select-friends location sharing ⓘ |
| requires | user permission for location access ⓘ |
| supports |
event-based story discovery
ⓘ
exploration of nearby places ⓘ local news discovery ⓘ location-based story discovery ⓘ tapping on Bitmoji to open profile or Snap ⓘ zoom and pan interactions ⓘ |
| useCase |
discovering events
ⓘ
meeting up with friends ⓘ seeing what is happening around the world ⓘ |
| uses |
GPS location data
ⓘ
device location services ⓘ |
| visualElement |
Bitmoji avatar
ⓘ
linked to:
Bitmoji
heat map of public Snaps ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Snap Map Description of subject: Snap Map is a Snapchat feature that lets users share and view friends’ real-time locations and public stories on an interactive world map.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.