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Google Plans Adsense for Maps
Written by Josh Catone / June 1, 2007 11:04 AM / 5 Comments

Infoworld magazine is reporting that Google is planning to integrate Adsense ads into their Google Maps service. The ads would be embedded into the push-pin popup graphics that are used

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MapQuest Updates Its Maps - But is it Too Late?
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 29, 2009 11:10 AM / 15 Comments

MapQuest continues to lose market share to Google Maps. While MapQuest started the year with a small lead, it's now 10% behind Google Maps. Today, MapQuest launched a few new

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No More Squinting: Google Maps' First High-Res Satellite Images
Written by Rick Turoczy / October 8, 2008 9:21 PM / 7 Comments

Using services like Google Maps and Google Earth has changed the way people interact with geography, compare notes with neighbors, and find their way from here to there. Still, for

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Take a Walk With Google Maps
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 22, 2008 11:03 AM / 11 Comments

Google added walking directions to its Google Maps product today. The walking directions ignore one-way streets and Google Maps tries to give pedestrians the most direct and flat route possible.

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Google to Offer Embeddable Maps
Written by Josh Catone / August 14, 2007 9:50 AM / 5 Comments

Last week, when writing about Google's MyMaps product, I remarked that it was "odd that Google doesn't allow MyMaps creations to be embedded." Today, APC magazine reports that Google will

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Old Habits Die Hard: MapQuest Still #1 Mapping Service
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 11, 2009 11:11 AM / 22 Comments

MapQuest was once the unquestioned leader among online mapping services. And while others like Google Maps or Microsoft's Live Search Maps offer a more modern interface and far more features

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Google Maps Now Features More Blue and a Simplified Layout
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 29, 2008 1:59 PM / 4 Comments

The Google Maps team today rolled out yet another update. This time, they have decided to simplify the layout by putting more focus on the search form and taking away

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Microsoft Bing Maps: Now With Draggable Routes and Embeddable Maps
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 10, 2009 11:59 AM / 3 Comments

Microsoft just released a major update to Bing Maps. Bing Maps now offers draggable routes that are computed dynamically, a zoom bar, embeddable maps, smarter command parsing and a redesigned

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Google Map Maker: Crowdsourcing Cartography
Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 24, 2008 7:24 AM / 5 Comments

The Google Maps team just announced the addition of a new feature to Google Maps: the ability to contribute to and edit maps through Google Map Maker. Users can now

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Google Maps Ditches Tele Atlas in Favor of Street View Cars and Crowdsourcing
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 12, 2009 8:55 AM / 5 Comments

After a flurry of activity around Google Maps over the last few weeks, it now looks like Google is also ditching Tele Atlas as its data provider for Google Maps

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