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Google pulls the plug on Street View-based shooter

For a short time, Google's Street View technology was overhauled into a first person shooter called Google Shoot View. Despite its lack of blood, gore and property damage, Google decided to put an end to the game.

In the Media by Abigail Prendergast

Expert says Chinese Gobi Desert structures spy satellite targets

Beijing - After a Google Maps satellite spotted a series of mysterious structures located in Gobi Desert areas that China uses for military, space and nuclear industrial activity, the Internet came alive with speculation on what they might represent.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus - 1 comment

Map Pinpoints Bernie Madoff Victims

Though MadoffMap.com offers what may seem a comical use of Google Maps, it demonstrates the severity in which Bernie Madoff damaged many economically.

In the Media by Blake Hanson

Google Maps 'Street View' goes live in UK, Netherlands

Google Maps has introduced Street View pictures for selected cities in the United Kingdom and Netherlands. Google Maps has videos of more than 22,369 miles of streets in UK.

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 2 comments

Google Maps provides more local search results at once

When you search for any locations in Google Maps, usually it provides only top 10 results but it overlooks some places that don’t show up in the search result. The new setting will provide all the results in one map search.

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 1 comment

Use Google Maps To Find Interesting Places In Cities

Google Maps has added new choices when you search for locations. A search for a specific city provides list of interesting places, videos, Wikipedia articles in Google Maps.

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 2 comments

Google’s tracking feature gets criticism from privacy campaigners

Google’s new GPS powered tool which will allow millions of people to track the movements of friends and family has received criticism from privacy campaigners.

In the Media by Naved Akhtar - 2 comments

Police use GPS, Google Maps to locate missing girl

Thanks to GPS technology and Google Maps, Massachusetts police were able to locate a missing 9-year-old girl and rescue her safely from her grandmother.

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham - 6 comments

Google Maps adds YouTube videos for specific locations

Google has added user-generated YouTube videos to locations on its map service. Now you can see photos, Wikipedia articles and YouTube videos related to a particular location.

In the Media by Chris V. Thangham

Google Investigating Photoshopped Material On Google Maps

Bloggers discovered an anomaly in an image provided by Google maps and after questioning Google, were assured that Google was concerned and investigating certain photshopped imagery.

In the Media by Susan Duclos - 8 comments

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Iran to sue Google over 'Persian Gulf' absence on maps

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says that if Google does not restore the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps, it will face "serious damages."

A crowdsourced alternative to Google Maps

The website OpenStreetMap provides a growing alternative to Google Maps, as CBC reporter Louis Lessard heard when he talked with some of Toronto's amateur cartographers.

Google unveils Amazon street view map

People around the world get a first-time glimpse of restricted areas in the Amazon Basin thanks to a free interactive map.

Google's missing Gulf angers Iran

Iranians are complaining that Google Maps now has no name on the body of water that they call the Persian Gulf and is also known as the Arabian Gulf.

Google Latitude Leaderboards Takes Direct Aim at Foursquare

Google’s spicing up the competition in its location-based check-in service, and taking Foursquare head on. Google has quietly added a points system and Leaderboard feature to Latitude, which ties in to Google Maps and Google +. Those familiar with Foursquare will find that Leaderboard offers a very similar...