Google Maps boosts public transportation data
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Blog: Enhanced information isn't available for all cities yet, though.
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NEW online maps which let users zoom in on photos of roads and homes has shocked the US.   A car loaded with 11 cameras drove 50,000 miles filming for Street View on Google's Earth maps. The Big Brother-style pictures show faces and even look into windows.
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GPS data from many thousands of vehicles helps support a real-time traffic reporting system from Inrix, which recently won a $5 million contract to help travelers along the East Coast's I-95 corridor.
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Google Inc. has introduced several widgets designed to help non-technical users persoanlize maps with weather and other information.
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Blog: Google launches Maps feature that lets you customize driving directions by clicking and dragging the route to other spots on the map
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Blog: New Google Maps feature lets people create customized maps with content from different mashup sites
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Blog: Google street-level view on maps can help San Franciscans avoid parking tickets by remotely monitoring street signs
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Hoping to make it even easier to turn its online maps into collages of local information, Google Inc. is introducing tools that will stitch together applications from a hodgepodge of Web sites.
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The search company debuts AskCity, a local search and mapping tool that lets users find neighborhood hangouts and generate custom maps, then use other web services to make reservations, buy tickets or invite friends to mingle. In Monkey Bites.
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Blog: Thanks to the newest Google Maps feature, I was able to determine just how long it would take to reroute through Death Valley.
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New ground-based city views wow the crowd Google yesterday announced the immediate availability of "Street View" - ground-level, photographic panoramas of Denver, Las Vegas Miami, and New York which allow surfers to "navigate around a city, 'virtually' walking the streets, checking out restaurants and landmarks and even zoom in on bus stops or street signs to make travel plans":â¦
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Blog: Google launches Maps feature that lets you customize driving directions by clicking and dragging the route to other spots on the map.
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(InfoWorld) - Nokia Corp. has added new features to its mobile mapping application, with a revamped user interface and a status indicator to alert users when they're connected to a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite. The new version of Nokia Maps is free and became available for download on Tuesday. Other improvements include a more refined "nearby" search feature, which scouts out preprogrammed points of interest on the maps based on where the user is located. Basic route planning is free, although users may incur data transfer fees from their carriers. Other navigation upgrades are available for a fee. Nokia charges for a voice-guided navigation feature as well as other city and travel guides. Guides contain information on local cafes, music and clothing stores, museums and Wi-Fi hotspots, Nokia said. Nokia is offering a three-day trial for some of the advanced navigation features. Nokia said map data will be available for 150 countries by the end of 2007, with 50 of those able to use the application's navigation feature. Nokia has published a list of countries for which a navigation license is sold. Also improved is the PC Map Loader application, which lets users load maps onto their devices from their home computers before needing a map on the road. That function is now 10 times faster. PC Map Loader is also a free download. The mapping application,Â launched in February, is compatible with devices running on Symbian Series 60 second and third edition operating systems. Â
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Blog: Gizmodo reports that Google has fleet of camera cars to take photos for Google Maps street view and they are Chevy Cobalt's
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Ask.com is introducing AskCity, a service that integrates maps with information about local businesses, restaurants, listings and reviews.
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Google's new mapping tool catches urban ephemera in the act, from tabbies in windows to red-light runners. Submit and vote on your favorite scenes captured by Google -- be they citizens flouting laws or hot dog vendors doing their thing.
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Google Inc. has added more video and other bonus features for users of its popular three-dimensional mapping software to unearth even more information about destinations around the world.