Articles Tagged with google maps

Google Treasure Maps Debut Just In Time For April Fool’s Day

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Google joined other publications on Sunday in launching its April Fool’s day prank a full day early. The company on Sunday announced Google Treasure Maps, its next take on the Google Maps platform. The pirate-style treasure maps were created alongside 2D hand-drawn landmarks and hidden treasure chests. The Google Treasure map platform uses a spyglass… Read more »

Google Maps Adds Ski Trails Support For 100 New Ski Resort Locations

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The team at Google Maps has expanded its ski runs for 100 additional ski resorts throughout North America. The search giant on Monday announced that the new trail maps were added for 100 new resort locations throughout the United States and Canada. Among some of the major resorts to receive the new trails support are… Read more »

Google Maps Street View Takes To The Mountains

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In its never ending attempt to map out the world in photos, the team at Google Maps Street View have begun taking to the mountains. So far the world’s largest search engine has taken to the Aconcagua mountains in South America, Mount Elbrus in Europe, Kilimanjaro in Africa, and Asia’s Everest Base Camp. Those particular… Read more »

Woman Catches Cheating Boyfriend On Internet Map

Woman Catches Cheating Boyfriend

A Russian woman dumped her cheating boyfriend after she discovered him walking around affectionately with his ex-girlfriend on Yandex Maps — a map site very similar to Google Maps but powered by a Russian search engine. Unlike Google Maps, Yandex doesn’t blur away faces of pedestrians in its Street View mode. Marina Voinova was searching… Read more »

Google Maps Now Features Streets In North Korea Thanks To User Input

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Google Maps now features various streets throughout North Korea thanks to residents and travelers who have added information via the Google Map Maker program. In previous versions of Google Maps, users were only presented with the secretive country’s coastline, rivers, and the location of Pyongyang. After years of work on behalf of North Korean residents,… Read more »

Australian Police Issue Warning Against Apple Maps

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Australian police issued a warning today against using Apple Maps after responding to numerous stranded motorists in the Murray-Sunset National Park. A flaw in the application sent tourists 45 miles away from their intended destination of Mildura, Australia and into the dangerous outback. Temperatures in the region can reach 115 degrees Fahrenheit, and some of… Read more »

Google Street View Adds 250,000 Miles In Major Update

Google Street View has biggest update yet

Google announced Thursday its biggest update yet to its Google Maps Street View feature. CNN reports that the update adds more than 250,000 miles in 17 different countries and also includes an increase in the amount of landmarks users can tour both inside and out. The Street View feature on Google Maps lets users see… Read more »

Apple Headhunters Are Actively Hiring Ex-Google Maps Employees

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Apple headhunters are actively seeking out former Google Maps employees to help grow the company’s own iOS 6 Maps app. According to a source at TechCrunch Apple headhunters are specifically going after workers who were on contract with Google and not permanent employees. The insider also reveals that former Google workers have been overall excited… Read more »

Google Maps For Android Gets Updated, Offers New Features

Google Maps Update with Search

Google on Thursday rolled out its newest update for Google Maps on Android. With the update users will find themselves with some new and useful features. Announced via the Google Latlong blog Google revealed that the program now adds search capabilities while allow Android users to more easily move between Google Maps while operating various… Read more »