As we slip and slide into a world where our augmented reality is increasingly visible to us off and online, Google&rsquo;s geographic data may become its most valuable asset. Not solely because of this data alone, but because location data makes everything else Google does and knows more valuable. — <h1 class="headline"><strong><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/09/how-google-builds-its-maps-and-what-it-means-for-the-future-of-well-everything/261913/" target="_blank">How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means for the Future of Everything</a></strong></h1>