Monday, June 13th, 2016
After several months of delay, India’s Ministry of Home Affairs rejected Google’s request to expand its Street View service in the country on Friday. The rejection came after India’s Ministry of Defense raised concerns that the expansion...
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
PARIS, Dec. 1, 2015—Google Maps and FAO have agreed to work closely together to make geospatial tracking and mapping products more accessible, providing a high-technology assist to countries tackling climate change and much greater capacity to experts...
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
It is often the case in interaction design that the best solutions simply get out of the way, allowing the user to achieve their goal and get on with their life. With Google Maps, this is certainly the...
Saturday, January 7th, 2012
The first website in Azerbaijan, realizing 3D virtual tour to Baku over “Google Map” was launched. The general object of the 'www.Baku3d.az' website is to describe parks, museums, mosques, historical monuments, hotels, restaurants, beauty salons, car salons,...
Sunday, March 6th, 2011
The Internet search giant Google has launched its web version of Foursquare on a new version of Google Maps. Maps offers to share check-in with your friends connected with Latitude and possibly publish your position in your Google...
Monday, April 16th, 2007
One of the most difficult and perplexing problems facing Google at the moment is how to update and correct its maps. The company's Lars Rasmussen says the quest for perfection might be misplaced. 'We should be...
Friday, February 16th, 2007
Michael Jones, the chief technology officer of Google Maps, gave the Map World Forum in Hyderabad some insight into the thinking that is driving the development of the company. He said the company's mission was to...