Google Maps is a navigation app developed by Google. It provides functionality for getting directions, street-level viewing of locations, real-time location tracking, and satellite viewing.
All stories in Google Maps
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Google Maps data shows which European countries took lockdown most seriously
A substantial part of humanity is slowly emerging from weeks of lockdown. What we have experienced is truly rare: a real global threat, menacing to all wherever we lived. But how did humanity respond to this pandemic? Did people consistently stay at home as most governments asked ...
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Google Maps makes it easier to share your location with Plus Codes -- no address required
When you need to give someone your location, you usually point them to an address. Here in NYC, you often point them to an intersection instead. But sometimes an address is just difficult to find -- or you don't have one at all. For those purposes, Google introduced Plus codes ...
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Google Maps can now highlight wheelchair-accessible businesses
Google today announced a major accessibility update for Maps in recognition of Global Accessibility Awareness Day: the app now makes it much easier to find wheelchair-accessible locations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oWsAMwJ-ks To activate the feature, simply head on over ...
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How to use Google Maps' new Takeout and Delivery shortcuts
Google just rolled out new shortcuts for Maps that allow you to find takeout and delivery restaurants -- and not a moment ...
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How to add Spotify to Google Maps for your road tunes
Google Maps has a feature that lets you play music directly on the map interface. You can connect your Spotify tunes -- here's ...
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Artist fakes Google Maps traffic jam with 99 phones
Google Maps changed GPS navigation forever, in part by making it accessible to everyone, in part by helping provide accurate traffic reports. Well, maybe not always accurate, if artist Simon Weckert has any say. Weckert managed to fool Google Maps into reporting non-existent traffic ...
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Google Maps' new Incognito mode comes to iOS
Google normally keeps a record of your rough location, which can be handy if you want to remember a place you've visited recently, or get restaurant recommendations, but kind of creepy at other times. The company recently introduced an Incognito Mode in Google Maps to assuage your ...
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Google Maps will now 'speak' the name of a place in the local language
Google Maps has been my hero and savior many times I traveled abroad – or even in India where I don't speak the local language. It's not always perfect, however. While the app might help me get near the place, I often have a hard time locating it, and I end up roaming around ...
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How to turn on incognito mode in Google Maps
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. By default, Google Maps stores your location history so you can keep track of places you've visited. This is helpful when you want to remember ...
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Google Maps just made it easier to report traffic incidents
Few things are more annoying than coming across an unexpected delay in traffic. Thankfully modern mapping services are generally pretty good at warning you about hindrances on the road, but someone has to report those incidents first. Now Google is making it easier to do so. The ...
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Google Maps now lets you combine subway directions with cabs and bikes
There are few applications a city dweller will use as much as Google Maps, but for all its utility, the app doesn't often account for the multitudinous possibilities of city transit. Sure, Google can tell me how long it would take me to travel via subway, cab, or bike, but any New ...
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Huawei is building its own Google Maps (and Yandex and Booking.com are already on board)
Huawei is quietly gearing up to take on Google Maps with its own mapping service – and it's already got Yandex and Booking.com's ...
