Now that Christmas is approaching, Google once again invites people to follow in the footsteps of Santa Claus through Google Maps. As usual at the end of the year, the Mountain View company has once again made the popular Google Santa Tracker (or Follow Santa Claus, as it is called in Spanish-speaking countries) available to users; Infobae refers to the application that allows you to see where the Christmas icon is, while midnight approaches all the houses in the world.
While Google’s Santa Tracker isn’t the only tool of its kind, it has evolved dramatically over the years to become one of the most widely used Christmas options. Originally based on Google Earth, and inspired by NORAD Tracks Santa, every Christmas offers several options to keep alive the illusion of children (and not so children) with the arrival of Santa Claus.
Where is Santa Claus now?
As can be seen in the application, Santa Claus left from the North Pole to the Russian Far East, down south and through New Zealand to Antarctica, north again and now heading towards the Asia area.
So far, it has distributed more than 36,892,300 gifts and there are approximately 15 hours left until it arrives in Argentina. https://santatracker.google.com/
What is the route that Santa Claus has already taken?
Santa Google Tracker shows the path that Santa Claus takes at Christmas, and points the way around the world as he delivers gifts. So far, while in Argentina we wait for Christmas Eve, it has already passed, in order, by:
– Provedeniya, Russia
– Anadyr, Russia
– Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia
– Marshall Islands
– American Samoa
-Fiji
– Tonga
– Auckland, New Zealand
– Napier, New Zealand
– Wellington, New Zealand
– Christchurch, New Zealand
– McMurdo Station, Antarctica
– Queenstown, New Zealand
– Noumea, New Caledonia
– Luganville, Vanuatu
-Gizo, Solomon Islands
-Republic of Nauru
-Federated States of Micronesia
-Kolonia, Micronesia
-Kuril Islands
Google Santa Tracker is part of the Santa Claus Village, a hub that the Californian company reactivates every December. From there you can access various mini-games, interactive stories, and other fun stuff. For example, users can draw their own elf or take a selfie with their beloved Santa Claus.
But that’s not all, there is also educational content such as simple exercises to help the little ones learn programming from an early age. But 24 hours before Christmas, the platform changes its physiognomy to give the map a central place with Santa’s journey around the world.Google Santa Tracker. (screenshot: Google)
Of course, the map view of Santa’s journey is only available on Google Santa Tracker until December 24. Upon entering thetracker website, the character can be seen traveling the world with animations showing him touring or handing out gifts with the help of his co-workers. As Google explains on its website, the entire tour lasts 25 hours and the first “stop” is in the Russian Far East.
From there, when midnight arrives, and therefore Christmas, in several western regions, Google Santa Tracker shows Santa’s sleigh passing through several countries. It is important to note that the platform simulates and displays different information that makes the experience even more complete:
– The number of kilometers traveled by Santa Claus;
– How many kilometers separate it from the city from which each user follows the route and how long it takes to get there;
– How many gifts have been delivered so far.
Follow Santa Claus. (screenshot: Google)
It is also worth mentioning that you can follow the route of Santa Claus directly from a smartphone in google maps. If you log into Google Maps on December 24th, you will see Santa share his location in real time using the same features as the Google Santa Tracker web.
Google has always enabled the tracking of Santa or Santa Tracker since 2004, although it has varied since its creation since it only had the function of the same name, that is, to track Santa Claus and show his current position on the world map.
Santa Tracker is not only great fun for young and old every year, but has also served as a tech demo for Google developers in the past.
