Google deploying planes over cities for 3D maps
12 years, 9 months ago

Google deploying planes over cities for 3D maps

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Google Inc is deploying a fleet of small, camera-equipped airplanes above several cities, the Internet search company’s latest step in its ambitious … Google Inc is deploying a fleet of small, camera-equipped airplanes above several cities, the Internet search company’s latest step in its ambitious and sometimes controversial plan to create a digital map of the world. Google plans to release the first three-dimensional maps for several cities by the end of the year, the company said at a news conference at its San Francisco offices on Wednesday. The forthcoming 3D city maps will be part of the Google Earth software app available for mobile devices such as smartphones based on Google’s Android software and Apple’s iOS software. Google’s McClendon said the company would continue to make Google maps services available as widely as possible, on “all platforms.” In what appeared to be a veiled jab at Apple, he said the integration with Google’s search engine provides a mapping serving that is far more useful than a product that simply uses a “geocoder” – technology that uses geographic coordinates to create a digital map.

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4 Things Apple Maps Does Better Than Google Maps
2 months, 1 week ago

4 Things Apple Maps Does Better Than Google Maps

Wired  

It's totally understandable if you haven’t opened Apple Maps since its disastrous launch in 2012, which among other things saw people driving into riverbanks. I switch between Google Maps and Apple Maps regularly, mostly as an experiment, and at this point I think Apple's product is just as reliable as Google's for turn-by-turn directions. Little Audio Details Apple Maps, in …

Google Maps Embraces AI: A New Era of Navigation and Entertainment
5 months ago

Google Maps Embraces AI: A New Era of Navigation and Entertainment

Associated Press  

Google Maps is introducing AI features to its digital maps service, Gemini, which will allow users to explore and navigate the world around them in a more immersive way. The new features include conversational tips on things to do around specific spots, detailed imagery, and the ability to ask questions about specific destinations and receive answers instantly.

Looking for new activities? Google wants you to turn to its navigation app
5 months ago

Looking for new activities? Google wants you to turn to its navigation app

LA Times  

Search giant Google wants people to use its navigation app for more than just finding directions and avoiding traffic. With 2 billion people using Google Maps every month, the company envisions people also will turn to the navigation app for inspiration, executives said at a media event at the company’s Street View Garage in Palo Alto on Wednesday. Miriam Daniel, …

Apple Maps Finally Comes To The Web In Beta Avatar: Here Are The Features You Get
8 months ago

Apple Maps Finally Comes To The Web In Beta Avatar: Here Are The Features You Get

News 18  

Apple Maps is getting a much-needed upgrade as the platform is now available on the web for millions of users. But finally, you can access Apple Maps through the regular channel rather than relying on Maps API to use it on the web. Apple Maps For Web Beta – What It Offers Having Apple Maps on the web means you …

Apple Maps for web in public beta introduced to challenge Google Maps
8 months, 1 week ago

Apple Maps for web in public beta introduced to challenge Google Maps

India TV News  

Taking on Google, Apple has announced to bring Maps on the web in public beta, which will enable users to access Maps directly from their browser, across the world. The tech giant said that Apple Maps users will be getting the driving and walking directions on the app itself. They can also “take actions like ordering food directly from the …

Google Maps' latest redesign gives it a more Apple Maps-like look and feel
1 year, 6 months ago

Google Maps' latest redesign gives it a more Apple Maps-like look and feel

India TV News  

The recent redesign of Google Maps does make it look a lot more like Apple Maps. The most noticeable changes are the new color scheme, which uses gray streets and teal blue water bodies, and the shorter bottom bar, which lacks Material You's dynamic theming. Some people have criticised the new Google Maps design, saying that it is too similar …

Google rolling out 'Immersive View' in Maps worldwide
2 years ago

Google rolling out 'Immersive View' in Maps worldwide

India TV News  

Google has finally started rolling out the "Immersive View" feature widely for Google Maps, which was announced nearly a year ago. The new Immersive View occurs by rolling out and appearing for some Google Maps users, which further indicates that they are able to use the function when the user will be viewing cities like London and Berlin, 9to5Google reported. …

Google Maps gets improved live view, eco-friendly routing in latest update
2 years, 5 months ago

Google Maps gets improved live view, eco-friendly routing in latest update

The Hindu  

Google last week shared that it will be bringing four new features to Google maps. These updates, according to the company’s blog, will include features like the addition of aerial views of 250 plus landmarks across the work, improvements to live view and nearby search and addition of eco-friendly routing for delivery and ride sharing companies. The immersive view will …

Apple Maps app to start showing ads from next year: Report
2 years, 7 months ago

Apple Maps app to start showing ads from next year: Report

Hindustan Times  

Apple may soon start showing ads to the iPhone users in its Apple Maps app. In his latest weekly newsletter, Mark Gurman wrote that the engineering work is already underway to begin search ads in the Apple Maps app, and we should see it be implemented sometime next year. Apple is set to expand ads to new areas of iPhone …

Google, MapMyIndia announce 3D maps for Indian cities
2 years, 8 months ago

Google, MapMyIndia announce 3D maps for Indian cities

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI :Google launched its Google Street View mapping product in India on Wednesday, capitalizing on the government’s new geospatial policy. Shortly after Google’s announcement, homegrown MapMyIndia, unveiled a product called Real View Maps, which provides “360-degree panoramic street view" and also includes a 3D Metaverse Maps Service. Though India is one of the top markets for Google Maps, its …

Google brings ‘Street View’ to India
2 years, 8 months ago

Google brings ‘Street View’ to India

The Hindu  

Google on Wednesday announced the launch of its popular ‘Street View’ feature in India – after failing to bring the experience to India at least twice in the past decade following security concerns raised by government agencies over collection of data. The India launch marks the first time in the world that Street View, which allows users to view panoramic …

Google Maps is coming with the strongest update ever: Now, you can save money on highway toll
2 years, 11 months ago

Google Maps is coming with the strongest update ever: Now, you can save money on highway toll

India TV News  

Google Maps is one such application that made us find ways easily, removing the hassle of stopping the car in the midway and asking for the way every now and then. In the new feature, now Google Map will tell the user in advance about the number of tolls that will be on the way ahead, and how much tax …

Google Maps Gets Indoor AR Navigation, Weather and AQI Layers, & More Features: What's New
4 years ago

Google Maps Gets Indoor AR Navigation, Weather and AQI Layers, & More Features: What's New

News 18  

Google Maps is getting a new feature which will make it easy for users to navigate indoors. Google on Tuesday announced that Maps users will be able to use its Live View feature in certain indoor locations like Airports, transit stations, and malls. The indoor Live View feature in Google Maps is available on both Android and iOS platforms and …

Google Maps gets COVID-19 features, updates: Users to receive live crowdedness info globally
4 years, 4 months ago

Google Maps gets COVID-19 features, updates: Users to receive live crowdedness info globally

Firstpost  

Maps has supposedly got 200 new features from the onset of the pandemic to help users better adjust to the new normal. Google Maps is getting new updates to deliver more extensive COVID-19 updates as the holiday season approaches and many regions have seen the second wave of corona cases. To help users travelling to a new place, Maps will …

Google Maps' new update brings visual improvements to help users understand location, surroundings better
4 years, 7 months ago

Google Maps' new update brings visual improvements to help users understand location, surroundings better

Firstpost  

With the new update, users will be able to correctly distinguish beaches and deserts from lakes, rivers, oceans and ravines. Google is working on bringing visual enhancements to the Maps which will help users know more about the area they plan on visiting in real life or exploring via their screens. Using high-definition satellite imagery, Maps has made “more comprehensive …

Google Maps redesign to get more detailed and colourful
4 years, 7 months ago

Google Maps redesign to get more detailed and colourful

India Today  

Google Maps is getting a redesign that will detail in the street features and help distinguish between natural features in the environment, whether they’re mountainous ice caps, deserts, beaches, or dense forests. “We’re rolling out new visual improvements that bring even more detail and granularity to the map, making it easier to understand what an area looks like whether you’re …

Google Maps will now show trending spots near you. How to access
5 years, 1 month ago

Google Maps will now show trending spots near you. How to access

Live Mint  

Google Maps is turning 15 this year and with that, Google has announced a slight redesign of the app and added new features to one of its most used popular apps across the globe. Here's a lowdown on the various new and upgraded features as Google celebrates 15 years of Google Maps: -Explore tab: The Explore Tab ffers reviews and …

Google Maps asks users to review places they visit; TripAdvisor, Yelp raise concerns
5 years, 1 month ago

Google Maps asks users to review places they visit; TripAdvisor, Yelp raise concerns

Firstpost  

The new look of Google Maps introduces a ‘Contribute’ tab to a menu at the bottom of the service’s mobile app. Alphabet Inc’s Google Maps on Thursday launched a redesign that prominently solicits users’ reviews and photos of places they visit, seeking to increase its data in a field led by local search apps such as Zomato, TripAdvisor and Yelp. …

Google I/O 2019: Privacy controls for Maps, Search, Pixel phones announced
5 years, 10 months ago

Google I/O 2019: Privacy controls for Maps, Search, Pixel phones announced

Firstpost  

Google is launching an Incognito mode for Google Maps and Google search later this year. Alphabet Inc’s Google business on Tuesday announced new privacy controls for its services, including “Incognito mode” for Google Maps, and published new privacy commitments for its hardware, showing how increased public scrutiny is forcing greater transparency in Silicon Valley. Incognito mode, which is launching on …

Apple Maps can now give turn-by-turn navigation in India on iPhones and iPads
6 years, 2 months ago

Apple Maps can now give turn-by-turn navigation in India on iPhones and iPads

India Today  

Until now, there has been no real competition to Google Maps in India. Apple Maps users can now get navigation directions after the company updated its service in India. Similar to Google Maps, Apple Maps will now let users input a destination on the map and navigate to it. For some major cities in India, Apple Maps will also let …

Apple rebuilding its Maps platform using data collected by iPhones, cars
6 years, 9 months ago

Apple rebuilding its Maps platform using data collected by iPhones, cars

Firstpost  

The new Maps will launch in San Francisco and the Bay Area with the next iOS 12 beta. To offers its users a better navigation tool, Apple is reportedly re-building its Maps platform by using data collected by iPhones and a fleet of cars parked with sensors and cameras. The new product will launch in San Francisco and the Bay …

Apple is rebuilding its Maps app from scratch with data inputs from TomTom
6 years, 9 months ago

Apple is rebuilding its Maps app from scratch with data inputs from TomTom

Firstpost  

Apple said it will start the rollout this fall with new maps of Northern California. Apple Inc is rebuilding the widely used mapping application on its iPhones from the ground up with its own dataset, but Amsterdam-based TomTom NV will continue to be a data provider for Apple’s maps app, Cupertino, California-based Apple told Reuters on 30 June. Apple did …

Here mapping and location services releases new tools for developers
8 years ago

Here mapping and location services releases new tools for developers

Firstpost  

Here, the automotive industry-owned mapping and location services company is launching a new set of tools that will let any developer easily build and launch an app that needs location-specific features. Our new toolkit brings together a set of advanced location capabilities to help developers address these challenges and make their app stand above the rest,” said Leon van de …

Google allows users to share their locations in mapping app
8 years ago

Google allows users to share their locations in mapping app

Live Mint  

Alphabet Inc’s Google announced on Wednesday that it will revamp its popular maps app to allow users to share their locations, in order to boost engagement on a product of increasing strategic importance to the search giant. Within the next week, users worldwide will be able to share where they are in real time on devices running both Google’s Android …

Apple to fly drones to improve maps data and catch Google
8 years, 4 months ago

Apple to fly drones to improve maps data and catch Google

Live Mint  

San Francisco/Washington: Apple Inc. plans to use drones and new indoor navigation features to improve its Maps service and catch long-time leader Google, according to people familiar with the matter. Apple is also developing new features for Maps, including views inside buildings and improvements to car navigation, another person familiar with the efforts said. FAA exemption Apple filed for an …

Google plans to develop more India specific features for Google Maps
8 years, 4 months ago

Google plans to develop more India specific features for Google Maps

Firstpost  

Search engine Google is yet to receive permission – primarily on the policy front – to launch its Street View feature in India, a company official said here on Thursday. “However, with more than 5,000 cities and six lakh villages mapped in India, the company is aiming to develop more country-relevant features,” said Sanket Gupta, Maps Lead, Google India. He …

Google Maps offline service launches, so you can find your way even with no connection
9 years, 4 months ago

Google Maps offline service launches, so you can find your way even with no connection

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Google has launched a feature for their Maps app that allows users to …

Google makes Maps, driving directions available offline
9 years, 4 months ago

Google makes Maps, driving directions available offline

LA Times  

The latest version of Google’s map app allows users to download city maps so that streets and businesses will be stored on their mobile devices. “When a connection is found, it will switch back online so you can easily access the full version of Maps, including live traffic conditions for your current route,” Google Product Manager Amanda Bishop wrote in …

Apple Maps help inbound travellers plan routes[2]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 7 months ago

Apple Maps help inbound travellers plan routes[2]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

The travel route from Xidan's Apple Store to Aloft Hotel is highlighted by Apple Maps in a screenshot taken on August 12, 2015. Whether traveling within a city or across the country, Apple Maps will provide detailed routes including bus stops, subway stations, ferry terminals, train stations and the walking distance between different forms of transport. Compared with the original …

Apple Maps help inbound travellers plan routes[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 7 months ago

Apple Maps help inbound travellers plan routes[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

An Apple Maps app is displayed on an Apple Watch during an event held in San-Francisco, March 9, 2015. The new feature of Apple Maps, which can help Chinese users to navigate from point A to point B via public transport, such as bus, subway, or train, will be fully operational in more than 300 Chinese cities this fall. As …

Google Popular Times: new Maps tool gathers location data to help people beat queues
9 years, 8 months ago

Google Popular Times: new Maps tool gathers location data to help people beat queues

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Google’s Popular Times tool scans through location data to find when phones most often tend to visit …

Apple drives vehicles to collect data to improve Maps
9 years, 9 months ago

Apple drives vehicles to collect data to improve Maps

Firstpost  

Apple Inc said it was driving vehicles around the world to collect data that will be used to improve Apple Maps. The camera-equipped vehicles deployed by Apple will give its Maps app functions similar to Google Inc’s Street View. A new job listing has been spotted for a Maps JavaScript Engineer, whose role will be ‘to help make maps work …

Apple's maps get real in bid to outdo Google: Update shows the correct time on Big Ben and reveals the London Eye rotating
10 years, 1 month ago

Apple's maps get real in bid to outdo Google: Update shows the correct time on Big Ben and reveals the London Eye rotating

Daily Mail  

3D flyovers show the correct time, and the London Eye moving only available for London landmarks Apple has revealed its latest weapon in the battle to take on Google in the mapping wars - making them more real. One of the most impressive features are the 3D flyovers of major cities, which Apple creates using data from plane and helicopter …

Is Apple developing a Google Street View rival?
10 years, 1 month ago

Is Apple developing a Google Street View rival?

Daily Mail  

For years, Google has been driving around the world providing Street View images for people to explore when using Google Maps. Shown is one of their cars in Brooklyn Google launched its Street View technology in 2007, and has considerably refined the technology since then The would lend itself to the self-driving car theory. ‘This brings us back to a …

Google Maps for Android and iOS now gets Material Design
10 years, 4 months ago

Google Maps for Android and iOS now gets Material Design

Firstpost  

Google has redesigned its popular Maps app for Android and iOS. Google claims ‘with Google Maps new material feel, layers and buttons come to life so you know just where to touch to get directions, recommendations and imagery’. “Travellers deciding whether they should take an Uber or brave the frosty winds can now see estimates for Uber’s pickup time and …

New Google Maps rolling out to all users worldwide
11 years, 1 month ago

New Google Maps rolling out to all users worldwide

Firstpost  

Google is all set to roll out the new Google Maps to all users now. The new Maps experience which was unveiled during Google I/O last May had been in preview mode for this long and is now set to be rolled out worldwide in the coming weeks. In a post on the Google Latlong blog, Brian McClendon, VP of …

Google Maps iOS and Android apps now feature Waze data on accidents
11 years, 7 months ago

Google Maps iOS and Android apps now feature Waze data on accidents

Firstpost  

A nifty update is here for those who use the Google Maps application on their Android and iOS devices. Brian McClendon, VP, Google Maps, has confirmed in a post that the teams at Google Maps and Waze have joined hands to make it simpler for users of both platforms to navigate through their life. Now when Waze users report about …

Apple gears up to go indoors, acquires GPS-mapping startup WiFiSLAM
12 years ago

Apple gears up to go indoors, acquires GPS-mapping startup WiFiSLAM

Firstpost  

The indoor mobile location service war is only just heating up. Apple will go indoors WiFiSLAM’s software uses ambient Wi-Fi signals from routers present within a building to provide an accuracy of 2.5m, according to the company’s website. Apple had replaced Google’s mapping solution in favour of its own Maps app on iOS 6 in September last year, but the …

Regular updates bring more features to Apple's Maps – Firstpost
12 years ago

Regular updates bring more features to Apple's Maps – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Apple’s decision to replace Google Maps and using its own Maps app has been met with almost universal criticism and the company seems to be taking the Apple’s decision to replace Google Maps and use its own Maps app has been met with almost universal criticism and the company seems to be taking the complaints to heart. Has been improved …

Google Maps on iOS clocks 10 mn downloads in 48 hours
12 years, 3 months ago

Google Maps on iOS clocks 10 mn downloads in 48 hours

Firstpost  

Less than a week after its release on iOS devices, Google Maps is racking up an impressive download count. The app has surpassed 10 million downloads so far, Less than a week after its release on iOS devices, Google Maps is racking up an impressive download count. To complete the Google Maps ecosystem, it is also releasing the Google Maps …

Apple in talks with Foursquare for maps data-sharing
12 years, 3 months ago

Apple in talks with Foursquare for maps data-sharing

Firstpost  

Looks like the alarm bells have started ringing at Apple following the tremendous debut Google Maps made on the iOS App Store. Apple is said to be in talks Foursquare… Looks like the alarm bells have started ringing at Apple following the tremendous debut Google Maps made on the iOS App Store. Apple’s Senior Vice President Eddy Cue is said …

App review: Google Maps on iOS is back with a bang
12 years, 3 months ago

App review: Google Maps on iOS is back with a bang

Firstpost  

For the first time, Google Maps has turn-by-turn voice navigation on the iPhone, and with that, automatic recalculation of routes whenever you make a wrong turn. Unlike Apple’s app, Google Maps lets you automatically exclude routes that involve highways or tolls. Still, there appears to be more landmarks in Google Maps than in Apple’s app. Back at the office, I …

App review: Google Maps on iOS is back with a bang
12 years, 3 months ago

App review: Google Maps on iOS is back with a bang

Firstpost  

For the first time, Google Maps has turn-by-turn voice navigation on the iPhone, and with that, automatic recalculation of routes whenever you make a wrong turn. Unlike Apple’s app, Google Maps lets you automatically exclude routes that involve highways or tolls. Still, there appears to be more landmarks in Google Maps than in Apple’s app. Back at the office, I …

Google Maps races to top spot in free iPhone apps
12 years, 3 months ago

Google Maps races to top spot in free iPhone apps

Firstpost  

It has been just a day since Google launched Google Maps for the iPhone and it already features at the top spot in the free apps for the iPhone. This shows how It has been just a day since Google launched Google Maps for the iPhone and it already features at the top spot in the free apps for the …

Samsung takes a dig at Apple Maps fiasco in Australia
12 years, 3 months ago

Samsung takes a dig at Apple Maps fiasco in Australia

Firstpost  

Samsung has taken a dig at Apple Maps in Australia after it was reported that iOS users ended up getting lost by following instructions provided by the service. In a guerrilla marketing stunt that CNET Australia found in Sydney, Samsung put up a setting complete with props to take a not-so-subtle jibe at Apple Maps’ woes in Australia. Reportedly, the …

Hallelujah! Google Maps Returns to Apple's iPhone
12 years, 3 months ago

Hallelujah! Google Maps Returns to Apple's iPhone

Wired  

The wait is finally over. Google Maps is in Apple's App Store, available for both the iPhone and iPad, bringing hope to those who have been having trouble getting around since the Apple mapocalypse. Google's app, which arrived late Wednesday night, improves on the Google-powered maps app that Apple shipped included in iOS before version 6 -- when Apple ditched …

Google Maps for iOS goes live in the App Store
12 years, 3 months ago

Google Maps for iOS goes live in the App Store

Firstpost  

Google Maps for iOS is now available on the App Store as a free download after immense speculation that Google would be releasing an app for iOS… Google Maps for iOS is now available on the App Store as a free download after immense speculation that Google would be releasing an app for iOS. Google stated in a blog post …

Hands-On: Nokia's 'Here Maps' iOS App Is a Buggy Eyesore
12 years, 4 months ago

Hands-On: Nokia's 'Here Maps' iOS App Is a Buggy Eyesore

Wired  

Apple's iOS 6 Maps app has received so many complaints and been the butt of so many jokes that you'd think Nokia could capitalize on Cupertino's fail by releasing a stunning maps app to dominate the iOS space. When it announced an iOS map app earlier this month, beating Google's highly anticipated Maps iOS to the punch, it seemed like …

Google Maps for iOS may be nearing completion
12 years, 4 months ago

Google Maps for iOS may be nearing completion

Firstpost  

Rumblings in the past have indicated that Google was making a dedicated app for the iOS platform. A report by Cnet now claims that Google is putting the finishing touches on its iOS Maps app ahead of submitting it to Apple. That very same feature was said to be one of the main sticking points in negotiations between the two …

Apple iPhone sales could touch 200 million in fiscal year 2013
12 years, 5 months ago

Apple iPhone sales could touch 200 million in fiscal year 2013

Firstpost  

Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley believes that good times are near for Apple It is predicted that Apple would sell almost 200 million iPhones in the fiscal year 2013. However, Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley believes that good times are near for Apple It is predicted that Apple would sell almost 200 million iPhones in the fiscal year 2013. The …

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