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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,

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Google Launches Building Maker: Makes Adding 3D Buildings to Google Earth Easy
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 13, 2009 8:28 AM / 1 Comments

For some locations, Google already shows 3D buildings in Google Earth though it wasn't very easy for users

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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

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Google Maps Now Features More Detailed Maps & Easy Error Reporting
Written by Frederic Lardinois / October 7, 2009 11:22 AM / 1 Comments

Google just announced a major update to Google Maps in the United States. The new version not only

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More Ads Are Coming to Google Maps
Written by Frederic Lardinois / September 25, 2009 9:36 AM / 11 Comments

Soon, you may start seeing company logos dotting the landscape on Google Maps. While Google has experimented with

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Micello: Google Maps for the Indoors
Written by Sarah Perez / September 22, 2009 1:51 PM / 7 Comments

Looking for a new company to get excited about? Look no further than mobile mapping startup, Micello. Their

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Google Maps Gets Smarter: Crowdsources Live Traffic Data
Written by Frederic Lardinois / August 25, 2009 10:23 AM / 7 Comments

Google today announced that Google Maps can now display live traffic data for more roads. Until now, Google

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Google Updates Its Real Estate Search: Should the Competition be Frightened?
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 7, 2009 9:12 AM / 13 Comments

Yesterday, Google announced that it was expanding its real estate listings on Google Maps. In an interview with

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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

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MapQuest Launches iPhone App
Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 15, 2009 9:54 AM / 13 Comments

Not too long ago, for most of us, MapQuest was the default online mapping service. Even today, after

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Google Street View: Now With Smart Navigation
Written by Frederic Lardinois / June 4, 2009 11:04 AM / 8 Comments

Street View in Google Maps is a somewhat controversial feature, but there is no denying that it is

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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