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Google MapsJune 22, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009 2:30 PM/EST
Landmark Recognition Coming to Google Image SearchGoogle is adding the ability to search photos of more than 50,000 landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Eiffel Tower and other special constructions around the world. I see this landmark recognition image search feature as eventually aiding middle schoolers' research projects for history. I'm not sure where else this might be useful. June 20, 2009
Saturday, June 20, 2009 3:54 PM/EST
Google Preps Product Ads, Shows Us 'What's Here?' on Google MapsGoogle has been working on new ads awhile, but the emergence of Bing as a fertile new e-commerce ground may be spurring the search giant to move faster. Meanwhile, a new "What's here?" feature in Google Maps is neat but needs work. June 15, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009 3:00 PM/EST
Google Maps on Google Android Phones Gets Voice SearchGoogle has added voice search for Google Maps on Google Android-powered phones. The build covers transit directions so you can get public transportation directions for over 250 cities and walking directions for pedestrians to better hoof it around urban jungles. April 26, 2009
Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:18 PM/EST
Google Mapping Swine Flu EpidemicGoogle is mapping outbreaks of the swine flu, one of the many ways that the company is organizing all the world's information. Google already has a well-known service that tracks searches for flu symptoms that helps public health officials predict... March 22, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009 10:26 PM/EST
Google Street View Brings Up Take-Down IssueGoogle has been assailed in the U.K. for its Street View service because some people have complained that their privacy has been violated. As a result: Scores of pictures, including one of a man exiting a Soho sex shop and... January 22, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:07 AM/EST
Google-Powered Nycgo.com Site Is Great Lesson in Interactive Web MapsGoogle and New York City have partnered on a new local information Web site, a what's happening hub for tourists and adventurous locals to find hotels, restaurants, stores, theater and other stuff in the city's five boroughs. Are those table computers Windows Surface platforms? I know Google doesn't make those yet ... or does it? September 24, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 4:59 PM/EST
Google Maps Expands Transit Coverage in New YorkGoogle has added transit information for the entire New York metropolitan region. July 22, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:54 PM/EST
Google Maps Now Sports Walking DirectionsGoogle Maps got a jolt of fresh blood with the beta of Walking Directions. And I'm excited about it. May 9, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:56 PM/EST
U.S. Spy Agency to Censor Google Earth, Google Maps?The director of a little-known U.S. spy agency that analyzes satellite imagery says that the increasing availability of those photos may require the government to restrict distribution, according to komotv.com in Seattle."If there was a situation where any imagery... February 11, 2007
Sunday, February 11, 2007 1:56 PM/EST
Google Maps Adds NYC Subway StopsInnerestin.' Security reporter and all-around ubermensch Ryan Naraine IMd me a few seconds ago to say Google Maps has added subway stations to Google Maps in NYC.Sho' nuff, there they are. It's also added common nicknames to streets. Useful.... |
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