Google Maps
hideGoogle Maps (for a time named Google Local) is a web mapping service application and technology provided by Google, free (for non-commercial use), that powers many map-based services, including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder, Google Transit, and maps embedded on third-party websites via the Google Maps API. It offers street maps, a route planner for traveling by foot, car, or public transport and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world. According to one of its creators (Lars Rasmussen), Google Maps is "a way of organising the world's information geographically".
Google Maps uses the Mercator projection, so it cannot show areas around the poles. A related product is Google Earth, a stand-alone program for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, SymbianOS, and iPhone OS which offers more globe-viewing features, including showing polar areas.
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Review: Motorola's Droid is a serious smart phone
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Since its debut in 2007, millions of people have gravitated toward Apple's iPhone, wooed by its sleek hardware, simple user interface and abundance of applications.
Google unveils free GPS navigation for mobile phones
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones on Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of GPS navigation devices.
Travel book goes mobile with scannable QR code
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Many travelers still rely on comprehensive printed guidebooks for tourism information. But travelers are also increasingly using mobile technology to plan a trip or find their way around.
Sending science down the phone: New technology will map research across the world
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New mobile phone software will help epidemiologists and ecologists working in the field to analyse their data remotely and map findings across the world, without having to return to the lab, ...
Swiss watchdog threatens to sue Google over Street View
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Switzerland's data protection watchdog on Monday threatened to sue Google over its "Street View" facility, saying that measures taken by the American Internet giant to address privacy concerns were inadequate. ...
Review: Google Voice has cool tricks but downsides
Sep 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. gives away a lot of good stuff for free. That struck me last year when I downloaded the free Google Maps app to my "smart" phone. It turned the phone into a handy navigation system and ...
New myTouch 3G phone takes big step forward
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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When T-Mobile and Google launched the T-Mobile G1 last fall, there were high hopes that the device and its Android mobile operating system would provide a real threat to Apple's iPhone.
LendingTree: Google to compete on loan referrals
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- LendingTree, which allows prospective borrowers to get quick offers from multiple lenders, claims Google is about to get into the same business.
Google Maps tracking traffic flow
Aug 26, 2009 |
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Google has invited US motorists to share their progress -- or lack thereof -- with other drivers through the Internet giant's online mapping service linked to smart phones.
Swiss official tells Google to erase street views
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A Swiss government official is demanding that Google Inc. immediately take off the Internet any "Street View" images of Switzerland, and the company said Monday it would work to resolve problems with the privacy ...
Swiss watchdog demands shutdown of Google Street View
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Switzerland's data protection watchdog on Friday demanded that Google immediately withdraw the "Street View" facility it has started offering on its map of Switzerland.
Another fine monopoly rules sites on the Internet
Aug 04, 2009 |
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A traveler booking a night at the Ft. Wayne Marriott hotel on Aug. 19-20 may get a surprise when checking prices online.
Google Maps accused of unfair competition in France
Jul 29, 2009 |
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A French company is taking Google Maps to court for unfair competition, seeking 500,000 euros (706,000 dollars) in damages from the US-based Internet giant, a judicial official said Wednesday.
Google tricycle snaps views from Philly campus
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Coming soon to a campus near you - the Google tricycle.
GPS shoes for Alzheimer's patients
Jun 06, 2009 |
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A shoe-maker and a technology company are teaming up to develop footwear with a built-in GPS device that could help track down "wandering" seniors suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.
