Google has just introduced virtual incentives to participate more regularly on their Map Maker platform.
The company is now giving badges for regular contributors. There are lots of badges to be earned.
You begin by making your first edit.
Google is now offering access to indoor maps on the desktop version of Google Maps.
Indoor Maps are already accessible through their mobile app on the Google Android devices.
The company said:
Before heading home for the holidays or
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Google is nearing the launch of their official Maps mobile app for Apple iOS 6 devices.
The app would feature turn by turn navigation which and other regular features that users expect from a maps application.
Google has rolled out some major updates on their Map Maker Platform.
The service now gets a dedicated Map Maker Activity Stream where user can see their neighborhoods and past search results in addition to their own activities on the service.
The
Google has announced a collaboration with National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to show relevant Amber Alerts in search results based on user’s location.
Google would include information provided by this body in results on both Google
Google has rolled out another major update on their mapping platform.
The company is now showing a lot of terrain and vegetation related data in the default view.
The idea is to accurately represent the area that you are checking out on the
Google has announced that they are now actively working on recording imagery of the Grand Canyon for their Street View project.
Grand Canyon is being covered by Googlers carrying the wearable backpack system they call Trekker.
Google said:
Google Maps continues to get more enhancements as company faces growing competition from Nokia and Apple.
They have rolled out another solid update. Google Maps now get more than 25 million new building footprints across major metropolitan regions
Google has surprised a lot of people by launching a Street View of one of their data centers.
Technology companies usually like to keep details about their data centers very secretive.
The street view does not of course reveal any technology
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Google has just rolled out its biggest ever update to Street View data on the Google Maps platform.
The timing is good as the company is facing competition from Nokia in this segment of the market.
The company said that with