Archivi categoria: Google Maps

Germany's Blurry Street View

Google has finally added street level imagery for some of the biggest cities from Germany: Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich and 16 other cities. Unfortunately, many of the images are blurred because of privacy concerns. According to Spiegel, the laun… Continua a leggere

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Google Maps Navigation for Australia and New Zealand

Google’s free navigation software is now available in Australia and New Zealand. “Google Maps Navigation is a feature of Google Maps for Mobile that provides voice-guided turn by turn directions in real time. That means that instead of printing out you… Continua a leggere

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Update to Google Maps in Europe, Africa, Australia and New Zealand

Today we announced changes to the data that powers Google Maps features like the map tiles, geocoding, and driving directions. These changes can be seen in many countries in Europe, Africa and the Pacific: AustraliaAustriaBelgiumDenmarkLiechtensteinNet… Continua a leggere

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Google Maps Tests New Navigation UI

Dave P., a reader of this blog, spotted a new UI for the views and layers offered by Google Maps. The new interface enlarges the buttons that let you switch to the satellite view and to the embedded Google Earth, removes the button that lets you switch… Continua a leggere

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Quiksee Acquired by Google

The Israeli startup Quiksee confirmed that it has been acquired by Google and its employees will join the Google Geo team. “Quiksee is an Internet start-up company that focuses on creating location based interactive videos. Our vision is to fill the wo… Continua a leggere

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You Can Be Lost in Data Without A Map

Editor’s note: From time to time, Google likes to highlight partners and customers who have developed interesting and unique applications using our products. Peter Rossiter is a founder and CEO of Integeo, a company whose product leverages Google Maps … Continua a leggere

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To 100 million and beyond with Google Maps for mobile

Almost five years ago, we launched Google Maps for mobile to help you get where you needed to go from your phone instead of a paper map. Today, more than 100 million people a month are now using Google Maps for mobile to get from point A to point B, f… Continua a leggere

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Chains to trains: BART provides bike-friendly directions with Google Maps API Premier

Editor’s note: Today’s guest writer is Timothy Moore, Website Manager for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). Here he discusses how they use Google Maps API Premier v3 to power searches and biking directions on BART.gov. BART serves the San Francisco … Continua a leggere

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