Google Maps

Google Maps is a free web-based mapping service that began in 2005. Over the years, Google has added many features including its extensive use of JavaScript code, satellite imagery, live traffic feeds, terrain features, and other popular destinations and landmarks.

The biggest feature for Google Maps is its easy-to-use API (Application Programming Interface) that allows users to customize their own maps to possibly embed on their own websites.

Another popular application is Google Maps for Mobile, which allows users to run on mobile phones to quickly find directions as well as their location based on either an Internet connection or a built-in GPS receiver.

As of May 13, 2006, Hitwise tracks Google Maps a distant third in Travel Maps market share behind leader MapQuest and runner-up Yahoo! Maps.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Google Maps”

• Verizon commits to ‘newer’ Android for Droid Eris with Google Maps Navigation in Q1 2010

  
  F-Default — Authority: 469
  HTC has pulled no punches about the fact that it intends to bring Heros up to Android 2.0 ( or is that 2.1? ) spec at some point, though neither Sprint nor Verizon had quickly followed on to assure customers that there’d be upgrades ready and waiting for their versions (sure, technically, the Droid Eris is a ...
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• Google Confirms Local Adwords Display Test

  
  Understanding Google Maps & Local Search — Authority: 536
  In the third week of November, readers sent me screen shots of a new Google Adwords Local Display Type that included a Blue Map Pin & address. Readers continued to ask about the test as it showed up in their markets so I asked Frederick Vallaeys, a Product Evangelist  for Google AdWords, for more information ...
  3 hours ago

• Two apps to help you find a parking spot

  
  F-Default — Authority: 469
  -: iPhone , App Store A while back in Chicago, a friend and I tried working on a Google maps API site that was sort of a crowd-sourced parking guide — we’d set up a Google map that could be marked up with where the best free parking was, and then we’d turn it loose on the Internet to get filled in with ...
  5 hours ago

• AWESOME: Ancient Pompeii Ruins Now on Google Street View

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 169
  Google’s Street View service, which lets you zoom into Google Maps and stroll through the city streets in a 3D environment, is read more
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• Google Maps for Mobile gets updated to version 3.3

  
  The Technopath — Authority: 105
  I had just received the notification for an upgrade available for Google Maps for Mobile application on my Series 60 device. This new incremental upgrade brings a couple of new features to one of my favorite mobile applications. Apart from the slightly updated UI, you can now sync your favorite locations and starred ...
  7 hours ago

• Is China India’s greatest security threat, or not?

  
  churumuri — Authority: 429
  The relationship between India and China has in recent months become, as the cliche goes, the cynosure of all eyes. Border roads and dams; military incursions; a row over the Dalai Lama ; illegal Chinese workers on Indian soil, Google™ maps, all have become milestones in the steady escalation of tensions. The ...
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• Friday Fun with Google Maps

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 444
  Two Maps One Scale Two Maps One Scale is a Google Maps mashup that you probably never realised you needed until you see it. In essence the application lets you compare two different locations at the same zoom level on two different maps. Imagine you are about to visit Staten Island but youve never been there ...
  13 hours ago

• Microsoft Releases Bing Maps

  
  Iccellphone — Authority: 157
  Google maps and the Google map apps for android OS smartphones are useful,and people can use them to replace GPS devices.And now microsoft has releases its own Bing Maps version.The currently version is still in its Beta stage,and it provide sources like road view,satellite,traffic and directions. Besides,it has a ...
  13 hours ago

• Major map updates: Microsoft Streetside and Silverlight maps, Google Street View Canada, Natural Earth Data, and much more

  
  GPS Comarison|GPS Reviews — Authority: 127
  It’s been a busy past couple of months for me as I’ve had to go back to punching a clock ( ) and just this past Sunday, November 29, I became a father for the first time with the birth of my daughter Ryleigh ( ). This evening I’ve finally had [...]
  17 hours ago

• Major map updates: Microsoft Streetside and Silverlight maps, Google Street View Canada, Natural Earth Data, and much more

  
  GPS Obsessed — Authority: 126
  It’s been a busy past couple of months for me as I’ve had to go back to punching a clock ( ) and just this past Sunday, November 29, I became a father for the first time with the birth of my daughter Ryleigh ( ). This evening I’ve finally had a chance to sit down and plow through my feed reader for bit and ...
  17 hours ago

• Google Search Results Are Being Taken Over By Right-Wing Crazies [Gfail]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 864
  Googles mission is to "organize the worlds information". Unfortunately, a lot of this information is from crazy right-wingers. First came the Michelle Obama chimp picture in image search. Now, look what happens when you Google " Planned Parenthood ": Yes, that is a gross picture of a dead fetus. In September, ...
  18 hours ago

• New Building Maker cities

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 444
  [Cross-posted from the Official Google SketchUp Blog ] Today we added six new cities that can be used to model with Building Maker . They are: • Stockholm, Sweden • Nuremberg, Germany • Hiroshima, Japan • Saitama, Japan • Miami Beach, FL USA • Orlando, FL USA Tip: There are two methods to ...
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• 3DWH: Milan, Italy in 3D is now live on Google Earth! http://bit.ly/5B6d0R Buon Viaggio!

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 444
  3DWH: Milan, Italy in 3D is now live on Google Earth! http://bit.ly/5B6d0R Buon Viaggio! ::: via :::
  19 hours ago

• UNESCO World Heritage sites imagery in Street View

  
  D' Technology Weblog — Authority: 546
  Google is allianced with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) to put imagery of World Heritage sites into Street View. Andve released new imagery for 19 UNESCO sites around Europe, including places in Czech Republic, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom. You can ...
  19 hours ago

• Look out Google, Microsoft’s Bing Maps just went live

  
  Mobilewhack.com — Authority: 619
  Sure, Google maps and their free map app for Android is looking really good for replacing GPS devices, and Microsoft has its own version. Bing Maps went live in its Beta stage, and has resources like directions, traffic, satellite, and road view. It also has its version of Streetview known as Streetside, and [...]
  19 hours ago

• Benvenuti a Milano

  
  geo2web.com — Authority: 444
  Milan, Italy in 3D is now live on Google Earth! You can take a virtual stroll in via Montenapoleone or watch the city from the top of the Duomo di Milano , walk on the ramparts of the Castello Sforzesco and check out the Stazione Centrale . You can explore these places, and more, in Google Earth . These 3D ...
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• Branded Google Phone – Google set to take over

  
  PaulSpoerry.com — Authority: 405
  Images of the new ‘branded’ Google phone surfaced this week after months of rumors. This will be a branded Google phone, not one developed by the likes of HTC, that will use an even newer version of Android than that of the Droid?the only Android phone currently running 2.0. Most interesting is that this phone may ...
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• Google announced a new version 3.3 of Maps for Mobile

  
  Cell Phone News And Reviews : CellPhonesMarket.com — Authority: 150
  Google announced a new version 3.3 of Maps for Mobile   Google announced a new version of Maps for Mobile that offers several new features to users of the Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms. Both Google Maps for mobile and Google Maps for desktop browsers have long allowed user to add stars (bookmark) on a map ...
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• ClayTracker Sporting Clays App Scores Spot on iTunes What’s Hot List

  
  iPhone News at Desinformado.com | The Complete Source for iPhone News — Authority: 149
  EXPOGO Displays today announced that ClayTracker 1.1.1 has been selected as a featured application on the Apple App Store Whats Hot list. ClayTracker has gained rave reviews from shotgun sport enthusiasts worldwide. It allows shooters to score their rounds, track percentages, and review their history with touch-screen ...
  21 hours ago

• Google Suspends Local Listing Ads — For Now

  
  Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing — Authority: 762
  Today Google announced that the company was suspending Local Listing Ads, for the time being:“Starting today, we will no longer accept new sign-ups for Local Listing Ads in the Local Business Center, and in mid-December, existing Local Listing Ads will stop running. This limited free trial was one of many beta tests ...
  21 hours ago

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