Google Maps will let you share your location with friends and family for a specific period of time – TechCrunch / / No Comments TechCrunch Google Maps will let you share your location with friends and family for a specific period of timeTechCrunchWithout the option, many users turn to location sharing today via third-party apps, family locators or even iMessage, which today includes its own, similarly designed location-sharing function. There's even a new maps app designed specifically for …Google Maps can now temporarily share your real-time location with friendsThe VergeGoogle Maps unveils new location sharing featureStuff.co.nzGoogle Maps can tell your friends where you areUSA TODAYMac Rumors –Engadget –The Sun –YouTubeall 252 news articles » map app –... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Family, Friends, Google, location, maps, period, share, specific, TechCrunch, time
How Google Maps Gets Its Remarkably Accurate Real-Time Traffic Data – NDTV / / No Comments NDTV How Google Maps Gets Its Remarkably Accurate Real-Time Traffic DataNDTVGoogle Maps is one of the most popular apps in the world, with well over a billion users. Google collects its mapping data from a wide variety of sources including road sensors, user contributions via Map Maker, and local transport departments, among …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Accurate, data, Gets, Google, maps, NDTV, realtime, Remarkably, Traffic
Google Maps Updates Mobile Apps With ‘Lists’ to Keep Track of Favorite Places – Mac Rumors / / No Comments Mac Rumors Google Maps Updates Mobile Apps With 'Lists' to Keep Track of Favorite PlacesMac RumorsGoogle Maps today updated its iOS and Android apps with a listing feature that lets users save and add their favorite locations to customized lists, which they can subsequently share to friends and family. Once a list is created, users can also follow …Google Maps app now allows you to create & share places you want to visit [Video]9 to 5 MacGoogle Maps adds feature to create and share bucket lists with friendsTNW (blog)Google lets users get social with MapsComputerworldBGR –Mashable –YouTube –Google Blogall 119 news articles » map... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: 'Lists', apps, Favorite, Google, Keep, maps, Mobile, Places, Rumors, Track, updates
Google Maps app gets a refresh – The Globe and Mail / / No Comments Google Maps app gets a refreshThe Globe and MailI just downloaded the recently updated free Google Maps app (version 4.25) onto my smartphone and yes, it's better. The speed at which the map downloads is amazingly fast. Best of all – if there is a real-time traffic issue, I see it in yellow or red … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Gets, Globe, Google, Mail, maps, refresh
Apple using drones to take on Google Maps – Computerworld / / No Comments Computerworld Apple using drones to take on Google MapsComputerworldExpect to be saying that more in the future, as Apple launches drones to improve its Maps app, which has long been thought of as playing second fiddle to Google's more robust map app. Well, now Apple is aiming to finally close that gap, and they will …Apple may deploy drones to monitor street signs and construction in MapsDigital TrendsApple is reportedly using drone-captured data to improve Maps appInquirerSeattle-based Apple team will use drones to improve Maps app in bid to catch up to GoogleGeekWireAppAdvice –Bloomberg –Techseen –Maps – Appleall 128 news articles » map... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Apple, Computerworld, drones, Google, maps, take, using
Create Location-Aware Android Apps with Google Maps – Android Authority (blog) / / No Comments Android Authority (blog) Create Location-Aware Android Apps with Google MapsAndroid Authority (blog)Adding a map to your latest Android app project has the potential to greatly improve the user experience – whether you're creating a Gallery app that lets the user see exactly where each photo was taken; an exercise app that displays the route you took … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Android, apps, Authority, blog, create, Google, LocationAware, maps
Google Maps: Google just removed this GREAT feature – Express.co.uk / / No Comments Express.co.uk Google Maps: Google just removed this GREAT featureExpress.co.ukGoogle is removing one of the best features from Google Maps as it looks to redesign its popular mapping app. The search giant has announced it will be ending its Map Maker service, which let users make edits and corrections to places within the app.Google Is Adding Map Maker's Functions Into Core Maps AppAndroid HeadlinesGoogle soon shutting Map Maker App, Integrating it in Google MapsIntabloid.com (blog)Google to integrate Map Maker into Google MapsThe Indian ExpressThe Verge –TechCrunch –Search Engine Roundtable –Google Product Forumsall 61 news articles » map... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Express.co.uk, feature, Google, GREAT, Just, maps, removed, this
5 Android navigation apps for those who are sick of Google Maps – CNET / / No Comments CNET 5 Android navigation apps for those who are sick of Google MapsCNETDon't get me wrong: Google Maps is the king of the online mapping industry, but that doesn't mean that the Google Maps app is the best navigation app for your Android phone. There are plenty of other navigation apps on the market, and most of them are …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Android, apps, CNET, Google, maps, navigation, sick, those