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Google Maps Finally Ready to Tell You "What's Here" for Any Point on a Map... Almost
Written by Jolie O'Dell / June 19, 2009 5:51 PM / 6 Comments

On the Lat Long Blog, Google has announced a new Maps feature in the right-click menu for any point on a map. Now, when a user clicks on "What's here?"

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MapQuest Launches iPhone App
Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 15, 2009 9:54 AM / 9 Comments

Not too long ago, for most of us, MapQuest was the default online mapping service. Even today, after a number of changes to its site, MapQuest is still one of

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Google Street View: Now With Smart Navigation
Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 4, 2009 11:04 AM / 7 Comments

Street View in Google Maps is a somewhat controversial feature, but there is no denying that it is quite an interesting product. Until now, however, navigation along streets was a

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Google Goes HTML5: Demos Experimental Version of Gmail
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 18, 2009 6:08 PM / 9 Comments

Google's VP of Engineering, Vic Gundotra, showed both a new mobile version of Gmail running on the iPhone and HTC Magic today, as well as a new mobile version of

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Old Habits Die Hard: MapQuest Still #1 Mapping Service
Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 11, 2009 11:11 AM / 20 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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See "What, Where, When" with this Flickr Mashup
Written by Sarah Perez / January 1, 2009 8:36 AM

Developer Paul Mison has created an interesting Flickr mashup that shows you a map of the locations with the most photos based on a criterion of your choice. By default,

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Google Maps and Street View Undergo Awesome Redesign
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / November 25, 2008 2:23 PM / 10 Comments

Google Maps underwent a major redesign today and the new street view is pretty fantastic. Now users can drag a little human figure named "Pegman" over any streets that light

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Google Earth Comes to the iPhone
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 27, 2008 8:55 AM / 5 Comments

Google just released an iPhone version (iTunes link) of its popular Google Earth desktop mapping application. We have seen a wide range of interesting iPhone applications lately, but few have

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Google Street View Now On Mobile Phones Everywhere (Except iPhone)
Written by Sarah Perez / September 17, 2008 11:02 AM / 5 Comments

Back in May, Google demonstrated their Street View technology on their upcoming mobile OS, Android. The app looked great, and naturally everyone assumed that Street View was going to be

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UK Privacy Watchdog: Google Streetview Can Go Ahead
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 31, 2008 9:45 AM / 1 Comments

We reported on the controversy around Google's Street View in the UK earlier this month. At that time, a number of UK privacy activists had raised concerns over the privacy

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