Living in the states, we tend to take our proximity to Google HQ for granted. Americans regularly get exclusives on new features in Google products, often experiencing them weeks or months ahead of users in other lands. Today, Google announced that users of their Maps application and mobile site in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany,… Read more
Goole has implemented offline navigation for Android devices with their latest update to the “Labs” heading under the settings panel of Google Maps on Android 2.1 devices. The feature allows you to tap on a place and download a 10-mile radius map, navigable in real time without the need for a data connection. The experimental feature is different… Read more
Not everyone has access to a dedicated Maps application on their phone or tablet, and while Google works towards dominance on every platform, a uniform mobile browser experience for Maps is a great solution. The maps.google.com site asks users to opt-in for location sharing, which will facilitate many of the features those of us with a dedicated Maps… Read more
Of all the apps on the Android Market to first break the 50,000,000 download mark, Google Maps has finally done it. If you’re a fan — or hater for that matter — of Android, there’s no denying that Google Maps is one of the very best apps you can download for the platform. Not only does Google Maps provide a comprehensive GPS-based look at the… Read more
Every year at SXSW, technology-based companies tend to give speeches and share facts about how they fit into the modern world. This year, Google’s VP of Location and Local Services, Marissa Mayer, shared some interesting facts about Google Maps and navigation. According to BGR, Mayer boasted over 150 million Google Maps users on mobile platforms… Read more
Announced today, Google has added yet another marvelous feature to it’s already insanely popular Google Maps app for Android: Google Maps Navigation rerouting based on current and historical traffic conditions. You’ve always been able to change your directions based on things like taking the shortest route or the highway only, and change your mode of… Read more
(Image via Curbed.) This news is a bit old. I didn’t realize that Google removed their ultra-handy real estate and rental listings from Google Maps on February 10th, when it happened, because I’m not constantly looking for a new place to live. (I don’t always move, but when I do, I use Google Maps.) Today, I wanted to check some prices in a… Read more
They’re coming to get you Barbara… there’s one of them now! Tumblr user WONDER-TONIC has whipped up an “extremely experimental” little game using Google Street View that’ll have you running for your life from hoards of the undead. The way it works is fairly simple: head on over to the ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE page, where you can either enter your address… Read more
Woops. You totally spaced Valentine’s Day and you just realized why your significant other has been a bit cold and quiet for the last several hours. Well, it’s still not too late to pretend that you had long-standing dinner reservations or to grab a gift basket with some flowers. And now that he or she has headed off to work or school, convinced that… Read more
Google Maps is starting to see more and more features that used to be the jurisdiction of Google Earth, like the recently added feature of 3D buildings. As easy as it is to take these developments for granted, it’s just amazing what we can take with us in our pockets these days. Before long, Maps might feature something we saw in Google Earth over the last… Read more
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