Maps News
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An artificial intelligence tool has been designed to makes road maps from aerial images. Many of the roads of the world have yet to be digitized, and the new platform accelerates this process.
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Heidelberg Mobil International GmbH's mobile 3D map technology will be used to help the 180,000 attendees at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The map technology uses the latest navigation platform.
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Only connect! the English writer E.M. Foster famously said. That’s exactly the message being promoted – if less succinctly — by best-selling author, academic and CNN contributor Parag Khanna.
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Google has officially shut down its Map Maker facility, a tool that allowed anyone to edit the face of Google Maps. Map Maker was supposed to let users correct missing details and fix broken map segments. In practice, it was often abused.
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HERE Maps, the popular mapping, navigation and transit service, has announced it will discontinue its apps on Windows devices on June 30. The company's services have been on Windows Phone since the beginning and were formerly exclusive.
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Apple's own mapping service, Apple Maps, arrived famously broken at its launch with some serious errors that led to authorities branding it unsafe for use. Since then it has evolved dramatically, helped by 2.5 million corrections.
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After its notoriously bug-filled launch, Apple Maps has developed significantly over the past few years to become a competent rival to services like Google Maps. Apple now claims Apple Maps sees three times as many iPhone visitors as Google.
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Google has announced it is rolling out an update to its Google Maps app today that adds full support for navigating while offline. Users can browse maps and get directions even when they have no Internet connection.
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Google has reportedly found a use for all of the photos of food that people take on their phones. The company is testing a Maps feature that lets users easily tag images to restaurant listings, letting everybody see what the food looks like.
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New York City has reportedly asked Google to eliminate left turns from its navigation directions on Google Maps where possible. It is thought that this could save many lives over the course of the year as left turns are notoriously dangerous in NYC.
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Google has entered a new partnership with the Federal Railroad Administration that will see its Maps software alerting drivers when they approach a rail crossing. The aim is to ensure that people are aware that they may have to stop ahead.
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By AFP
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Google Maps apologized after it emerged that searches using racist language pinpointed the White House, home of President Barack Obama.
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Apple has confirmed the purchase of a company specialising in GPS and navigation, strongly suggesting the company is working on improving its Apple Maps app before the launch of iOS9 later this year. Apple Maps has drawn heavy criticism in the past.
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An image of an Android urinating on an Apple logo has been spotted on Google Maps. Clearly visible on the company's renowned mapping service, it is joined by a message nearby that pokes fun at Google's content review policies.
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A clever prank on Google Maps has led to it appearing as though Edward Snowden is hiding out in the White House. Web users quickly noticed and began leaving comments on the location including "great source of classified information."
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Using fourth dimensional data, Urban Engines is developing a new mobile map that is capturing what Shiva Shivakumar, founder of Urban Engines as the "Internet of moving things."
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The video game Heroes of Newerth (HoN) is holding a unique contest for gamers: If you design the best map for their update you can win $4,000 and have your map played by thousands of fans.
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Google has finally responded to the requests made by many users regarding its Google Maps features. The new update will roll out a few key features making your next trip more navigable.
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As of today, Google has begun rolling out a new feature for Street View, the component of Google Earth and Google Maps that lets you view places as if you were actually there, that allows you to travel back in time and view the place in the past.
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Officials from Norway have forbidden Apple to take aerial photographs of Oslo to create 3D images for its Maps application.
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In only 30 years, great glaciers have retreated and a lake that was once the world’s fourth largest has all but dried up. For the first time ever, the human impact on the face of earth as seen from space is on full view, and it is not a pretty picture.
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Google has released its new maps of North Korea that fill in gaps in its previous maps of the country. The new maps show new details including Pyongyang’s subway stops, gulags, travel routes and landmarks such as Pyongyang's Kumsusan Memorial Palace.
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Several stranded travelers needed rescue by Victoria police officers in the middle of Murray Sunset National Park in the last couple of months, due to the Apple "Maps" app sending them the wrong way.
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Updated for the first time in 16 years, the California Geological survey added 50 new and previously known faults to its fault activity maps.
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Today Google posted information on its blog about a new feature for Google Maps called "Places" which combines aggregated data about a location, for example the United States of America, or business, in one page similar to that offered by Yelp.
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Hasbro is reportedly preparing to launch a new version of their hit game "Monopoly" online later this week featuring close integration with the Google Maps API.
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Google has launched a new Google Earth version which has detailed maps under the sea, historical imagery, 3D Mars map imagery and more.
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Google Maps has added another tool to find the public transportation routes in the city. Besides getting directions to different cities, knowing the public transit information will be a huge boost for travelers to explore the city.
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Google Street View now provides near-full coverage of the United States. It also has added coverage for Australia, Japan, Spain, France, Italy and New Zealand.
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Google Maps added a new feature to help American voters find their nearest polling stations. It is available in most parts of the U.S.
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Hopelessly inaccurate Apple Maps directions to the Fairbanks Airport carpark took users along a taxiway used by aircraft and leading to the main runway - on the opposite side to the terminal The Telegraph
Map of the world tattoo with countries filled in. Bill Passman
Edits applied to Google Maps by user "nitricboy" include an Android peeing on an Apple logo and a pointed message to Google
People at the museum looking at old underground maps. The first diagrammatic map of London's rapid transit network was designed by Harry Beck in 1931.
Google Maps now supports offline navigation Gopogle
Edits applied to Google Maps by user "nitricboy" include an Android peeing on an Apple logo and a pointed message to Google
Google map of CIA Harvey Point Defense Training Facility Screen Capture
Satellite image showing Northwest Passage. NASA Images
Comparison of Enbridge's version of the Douglas Channel to the real thing. Sum of Us
Edits applied to Google Maps by user "nitricboy" include an Android peeing on an Apple logo and a pointed message to Google
Bing Map of CIA Harvey Point Defense Training Facility Screen Capture
Google Maps now lets you save areas for offline viewing while still supporting offline directions and navigation. The area in this image consumes around 375MB of space. Google
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