“Where were you on 9/11?” It’s the fundamental question posed in this beautiful application of Google Maps’ API used by the New York Times.
Ostensibly, it’s a map of the world where users can drop a pin to indicate where they were when they heard about the attacks. Color-coded signifiers dotting the map are used to add weight and …
Well that was quick.
Do a search for “Martyrs’ Square, Libya” on Google Maps (or just click here) and see what happens. As rebels advanced on Gaddafi Sunday night, they took the liberty of renaming “Green Square” back to “Martyrs’ Square,” its name before Gaddafi took power some 40+ years ago—a change that’s already been reflected …
Google announced yesterday that it has added a new layer to Google Maps. Now, on top of seeing satellite images and street maps, users can see the weather all over the world as well.
Clicking on a weather icon on the map will also show a four-day forecast, humidity and wind speed with more options to see hourly or 10-day forecasts …
A few weeks ago our friends at NewsFeed dubbed Dear Photograph their “Tumblr of the Week” — and for good reason.
Its premise, like most good things, is incredibly simple: Someone snaps a modern-day photo in the exact place where a memorable photo had been taken years earlier. The images are then presented side by side.
The result …
flâneur – noun; idler or lounger
Everyone loves mooching around the streets of a strange city via the wonderful Street View feature on Google Maps. But even so, there’s a lot of tedious clicking and mousing to be done if you really want to get the feel of a place. What we need is a more relaxing way to explore.
London-based writer, …
If you’ve ever found yourself waiting for a bus or subway train, wondering why it hasn’t arrived at its exact scheduled time, I think I saw you dejectedly pacing around at the bus stop near my place this morning. Get with it, man! It’s the bus! And it was, like, 7:00 in the morning. That’s primetime, buddy.
Man, this guy. He was the …
Osama bin Laden’s last stand unfolded in a barbed wire mansion in Abbottabad, Pakistan. According to Google Maps, this is where the raid happened.
Here’s a recount from TIME’s Battleland blog, which has an excellent piece on how exactly the raid went down:
U.S. intelligence had learned that bin Laden might be holed up in a
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Got a problem with the placement of your favorite pizza place on Google Maps? Fix it yourself.
Google Map Maker, an editing tool for Google Maps and Google Earth, is now available for the United States. Google’s pitching this as a way to add local landmarks and businesses, map college campuses and mark bike lanes, but you can also add …
Planning a vacation around Europe? Don’t bother. Google has captured all of it on Street View by now. All of it. These newfangled Street View trikes let Google go where no car can, joining hoards of black-socks-with-sandals tourists inside the Roman Colosseum, the Baths of Diocletian, the Cupola in Florence and Chateau de Fontainebleau …
After unveiling its lovably dinky trike a few weeks ago, Google Street View has updated its homepage to give users a behind-the-scenes peek at how the Street View team operates.
This added transparency is not without reason, as Google Street View continues to be mired in controversies around the globe concerning privacy. The new site …
Google says, “You’ve got better things to do than wait in traffic.” It’s a bold assumption clearly indicating that Google’s never met babies, the unemployed or retirees, but the company’s heart is in the right place.
The beta version of the free Google Maps Navigation app for Android phones now features automatic rerouting based on …
Data. Google wants it, and is good at getting it.
And that’s fine and dandy when the data they need is already online, because they can send the Googlebot scurrying along to index everything it finds. But what about the data that isn’t online?
Google’s cameras-on-cars collected data for Google Maps, but even they can’t drive …
