maps

News.blog: Google Maps adds user-created photos and more

News Google Maps launched a new feature on Wednesday that shows you photos, videos and maps that people have created about different locations around the world. Clicking on that brings up thumbnails of photos and videos with links to more of each, as...

Tags: earth, maps, map, san

15 May 2008, 10:15

Google brings maps local search to UK

News Beta versions of the two services -- Google Maps UK and Google Local UK -- were revealed late on Tuesday. Google UK has introduced local-search and mapping tools that were launched in the US earlier this year.

25 April 2005, 14:30

Nokia maps future with Navteq

News The company also launched a navigation service that allows users to download maps. Tele Atlas provides maps for MapQuest, Google Maps and several other navigation devices. Number one mobile phone maker Nokia on Monday said it plans to buy digital...

Tags: navigation, nokia, maps, maker

2 October 2007, 10:57

Photos: Satellite tech maps through clouds

News A team from the University of Manchester will begin collecting data to build a model to create maps forecasting how the mudflats change each month. These maps will be assembled from data beamed by the European Space

Tags: cover, maps, navigate, satellite

12 December 2007, 8:46

Open-source rival takes on Google Maps

News Volunteer 'citizen cartographers' are aiming to take on the likes of Google Maps and Britain's Ordnance Survey by creating a free, open-source wiki-style map of the planet. OSM was started two years ago by London programmer Steve Coast because of...

14 November 2006, 11:31

Google melds maps with local search

News The company said it has merged its Google Maps with Google Local to create a service that allows users to conduct local searches that include maps, driving directions and satellite images. Yahoo already offers local search with maps and driving...

7 October 2005, 10:10

London police in Google Maps crime mash-up

News The beta map mashes up Google Maps with crime statistics for each borough, using coloured overlays to indicate varying levels of criminal activity -- from patches of dark blue for low crime to red for high.

Tags: enable, maps, london, police

19 August 2008, 9:36

News.blog: Google Maps tests walking directions

News Google Maps is starting to roll out a beta of walking directions in addition to driving directions, the Google Operating System fan blog noticed on Monday. It's also unclear whether this will get expanded to the mobile version of Google Maps, where...

Tags: maps, google, directions, walking

9 July 2008, 9:57

News.blog: Nokia navigates new Maps

News Nokia pushed its mobile navigation service to the next level on Monday with the announcement of the latest version of its Nokia Maps service at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The initial version of Nokia Maps, which was announced at...

Tags: navigation, nokia, maps, beta

12 February 2008, 8:45

Ordnance Survey takes on Google Maps

News Ordnance Survey (OS), the UK's national mapping agency, is opening up some of its secret code to allow software developers to create Google Maps-style mashups. The JavaScript application programming interface (API) will give individuals access to...

3 November 2006, 9:21

News.blog: Google Street View to hit Europe in 3D?

News Google Earth and Maps could cover a lot more territory with a lot more detail soon, if some photos from Italy are anything to judge by. Google wouldn't comment either on any European expansion or on 3D scanning, but both ideas are consistent with...

Tags: google, earth, maps, scanning

22 April 2008, 9:45

Cambridge event buzzes with invention

News Search and rescue flying saucers, sniffer bees and mobile maps are just some of the inventions that were showcased at a Cambridge This phone is displaying a GPS-based technology that takes travel information, from sources such as AA Publishing and...

Tags: identify, maps, travel, businesses

10 September 2007, 12:54

Yahoo goes drag-and-drop for mapping

News Yahoo Maps service, which is designed to make maneuvering the map easier and allow users to quickly create multiple-point driving directions. The upgraded Yahoo Maps is more tightly integrated with Yahoo Local, allowing users to quickly find, for...

3 November 2005, 9:05

Images: New visions from Google Earth

News Google announced on Wednesday that new partners will directly overlay Google Earth maps with video, photo and blog content. Think of it as a browser to fly around the planet and discover things about the Earth," said John Hanke, director of Google...

14 September 2006, 11:51

Nokia gets smart with sat-nav services

News The smart2go system provides maps and routing covering more than 150 countries as well as turn-by-turn satellite navigation for more than 30 nations. Ralph Eric Kunz, vice president of multimedia at Nokia, explained the reason for storing the maps...

9 February 2007, 8:47