Google Maps

Google Leaks New Maps Product Ahead Of I/O?

Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK Tech

Google appears to have leaked one of its own announcements ahead of the annual I/O conference, which starts later on Wednesday. A redesign of Googl...

New-Look Google Maps Leaked?

Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK Tech

A new-look Google Maps may have just been leaked. The search giant's mapping service is widely regarded as one of the most usable and complete on t...

Google Maps 'Murder Scene' Culprit Is Revealed To Be... A Soggy Dog

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK

The culprit of a Google Earth image which prompted fears it revealed a murder scene has been revealed – as a dog. The shot, which showed what lo...

Is This A MURDER Captured On Google Maps?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK

UPDATE: Google Maps 'Murder Scene' Culprit Is Revealed To Be... A Soggy Dog Could this show a murder scene, taken from a Google Earth helicopter? O...

PICS: Aussie Couple Caught In Awkward Pose By Google Maps

Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK Tech

A couple in rural Australia made the most of an appearance by the Google Street View van recently by pretending to have sex for the camera. The cou...

Google Launches 'Map Maker' In The UK

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 11.04.2013 | UK Tech

Google Maps has finally released its Map Maker tool in the UK, allowing users to correct information and add new details to its location data. The ...

'Bromley Is Crap, Hackney Is Dangerous & Wembley Is A Dump': Google's Autocomplete Guide To London

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK

Londoners, take note: Fulham is posh. Sutton is alive. Whitechapel is Satanic. And Lambeth is Britain’s angriest borough. At least that’s acco...

Google Users Post 'Reviews' Of North Korea Prison Camps

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 29.01.2013 | UK Tech

If you had glanced at North Korea on Google Maps before this week, you could be forgiven for thinking the country had no roads, no buildings and no tr...

Google: 'Our Street View Car Didn't Kill A Donkey'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Tech

Google has denied that its Street View car ran over a donkey in Botswana. Images taken by one of its cars seemed to show a donkey lying motionless ...

Ordnance Survey Maps Hit iOS For Old School Cartographers

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK Tech

If you're an iPhone user, going 'old school' with maps used to mean switching back to Google. Not any more. Now you can switch all the way back to ...

Google Maps iOS: Apple iPhones Get New Mapping App

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 11.02.2013 | UK Tech

Google has released a mapping app for Apple iPhones, iPods and iPads. The unveiling of the app comes after months of criticism for Apple's own mapp...

Apple Fixes 'Life Threatening' Maps Reported By Australian Police

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 09.02.2013 | UK Tech

Apple has fixed a critical error in its Maps application which Australian police said was putting lives at risk. It had been reported that the app ...

Apple Maps 'Life Threatening' Say Australian Police After Four People Lost

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 08.02.2013 | UK Tech

An Australian police force has advised people not to use the notoriously inaccurate Apple Maps after four people went missing. Apple switched from ...

Mystery Of Google's 'Lost' Island Solved

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK Tech

The mystery of the 'lost' island which was found on Google Earth - but missing in real life - appears to have been solved. 'Sandy Island' in the So...

Mysterious 'Sandy Island' Found On Google 'Does Not Exist' Insist Scientists

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 22.11.2012 | UK Tech

A large Pacific island that appears on Google Maps has been declared "not to exist" by a team of Australian scientists who spent 25 days at sea lookin...

Google Maps The Galaxy With '100,000 Stars' Experiment

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 15.01.2013 | UK Tech

You might think Street View is cool, but Google has taken its quest for mapping perfection to another level - by visualising 100,000 stars in perfect ...

Google Street View Comes To The Grand Canyon With Camera Backpack

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Tech

Google is taking its quest to photograph the world to an amazing new extreme with its new generation of Trekker camera backpacks. Street View lets ...

PICS: Stormtrooper Guards Google Data Centre

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.12.2012 | UK Tech

Google has given us a rare glimpse inside its massive array of data centres - and the pictures make for fascinating viewing. But when we originally...

PICS: What Does Google Actually Look Like?

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 17.12.2012 | UK Tech

In recent weeks Google's mapping service has given users amazing new views of the oceans, far-off valleys and rainforests. Now it's given us someth...

Google Maps Clone Pulled From App Store

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 12.10.2012 | UK Tech

An unofficial 'clone' of Google Maps which briefly hit the iOS App Store has been pulled. ClassicMaps was produced as an alternative to Apple's own...

PICS: Google Adds 250,000 Miles To Street View Maps

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 10.12.2012 | UK Tech

Google has made its largest-ever update to its Street View maps product. More than 250,000 miles of roads have been added around the world by Googl...

Google Maps Return To The iOS Store (Sort Of)

Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.12.2012 | UK Tech

The anger, rage and gnashing of teeth about Apple's iOS 6 Maps app has died down since the company's CEO apologised. But iPhone users are still get...

Google Maps For iOS Rumours Pick Up (And Die Down...)

Engadget | Engadget | Posted 26.11.2012 | UK Tech

Google Maps For iOS Rumours Pick Up (And Die Down...)...

PICS: Google Adds Coral Reef To Street View Maps

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 25.11.2012 | UK Tech

Yes, this might be a good week to tell the world about your awesome maps - but Google could be trying a little too hard. The search giant has just ...

Sorry, iPhone Fans: Google Has Not Submitted Its Own Maps App 'Yet'

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK Tech

Apple fans upset by its new Maps application will have to wait for a quick fix from Google. Google previously supplied the mapping data in the iPad...