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more about #maps more comments → redman042: I'm very very impressed with Bing Maps. There are a LOT of improvements over Google Maps, even though the whole package isn't nearly as comprehensive... more » The5thElephant: I'm impressed, but of all of lower Manhattan they left out only my neighborhood (now you all know where I live!). more » dragon:ONE: Now all the Twitter users can post out loud that they're Binging Megan Fox, since they won't get the chance to bang her IRL. We don't need Facebook o... more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: Here's the culprit behind the pictures: [www.bing.com] more » orthorim: Is it just me or does 3% of Americans not covered seem like a pretty large number? There are 10M people out there that are not covered by AT&T wireles... more » G.O.B.: Come on!: These ads are weak. Powerful weak. And they're bound to be because the truth of Verizon's ads (largely) still stands. more » savage3006: I work for AT&T selling cellphones in Ca and I don't approve of Luke Wilson. we should have picked someone else, what about Chuck Norris??? more » FriarNurgle: Looks like Luke has been dropping BonBons in his mouth like AT&T has been dropping calls. more » SpriteMV: BOO.. I love my iphone, but I'm very disappointed with AT&Ts 3G coverage. When purchasing my iphone, I was told my city was supposed to have 3G in O... more » jeffrey001: Look at this...look at what Verizon started. I'd say that they've won. First "there's a map for that" then AT&T responds with a lawsuit, and THEN AT&T... more » TheUCanes: Anyone else find it funny that people get so worked up about network coverage? Its all relative... certain providers have better coverage in certain p... more » macmartini: when it comes to the iphone, it's the phone that's the deciding factor over network coverage. I've seen a lot of people complaining about AT&T but lov... more » Shamoononon: I shave my legs.: If there's one thing I noticed about Luke Wilson, it's that he sure can grow some nose hairs. more » back_at_it: customer: 'yeah that's a great map and all, and i do love luke wilson, but wasn't the verizon add specifically targeting 3g coverage?' at&t: 'you've m... more » nuclearlove: Ya, great, but I already know the "San Francisco" part is a bold-faced lie. I'm sitting smack in the middle of it right now with a "No Service" in th... more » -
#microsoft
Bing Maps Take on Google With Fancy 3D Streetview
Bing Maps just got a big ol' update, bringing its own fancy 3D street view images as well as Twitter and Facebook integration. More » -
#speculation
More Evidence Apple's Looking Beyond Google for iPhone Maps?
A few months ago, Apple bought their own mapmaker, Placebase, which seemingly opened the possibility of non-Google-y maps. Now, they're looking for an iPhone maps engineer to "rethink how users use Maps and change the way people find things." More » -
#attvsverizon
Luke Wilson's Droppin' Post Cards on Verizon Wireless
When I think escalating mega cellphone carrier ad war, I think actor Luke Wilson. Oh wait, no I don't, and yet here he is, again, striking back on behalf of AT&T against Verizon Wireless. More » -
#google
Google Earth 2.0 For iPhone Brings Custom Maps
Google is rolling out Google Earth 2.0 for the iPhone over the next 24 hours and it brings a long-awaited custom map feature by allowing you to sync your Google My Maps with the app. More » -
#maps
Google Maps Shows You the Way to Your Swine Flu Vaccine
The Pandemic That Was Going to Kill Us All But Didn't is still alive, lurking to take you in a one-way trip across the Styx. Or a two-way trip to Snotland. Google Maps points the way to the nearest vaccine. More » -
#design
New York 'Map Cuts' Aren't for Traveling, But Sure Are Purdy
I can't imagine how long it took to cut out these extremely detailed maps of NYC. By removing the bustle of street names, traffic flows and landmarks, nothing is left but the city's organizational beauty. More » -
#apps
Google Maps Navigation: A Free, Ass-Kicking, Turn-by-Turn Mobile App
Google's free turn-by-turn navigation for Maps is the news this morning, and even in Beta, they got a lot right. It has Google tech, like Street View and satellite imagery, and even voice-powered search. Here's what you need to know. More » -
#rumor
Is Google Secretly Working On A Free Mobile Navigation App?
There's a lot of speculation about Google working on and preparing to release a mobile navigation app. For free. The logic's there and the pieces fit, but we still lack solid proof. More » -
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#apple
Apple Buys Their Very Own Maps Company (See Ya, Google Maps?)
The Apple/Google divorce continues to come into focus: Apple quietly bought Placebase, a mapping service company, back in July. Apple doesn't buy companies it's not going to use. Meaning, Apple's getting into making their own maps. Peace out, Google. More » -
#tips
What To Do If Your GPS Fails
Have you ever considered a backup plan for your GPS if it happens to fail in a city you're not familiar with? If you said "another GPS", you get a gold star. But what if you're not rich? More » -
#maps
Honey, Someone Shrunk Hong Kong
Dear Google, please make every single Google Maps city in the world look like this ultra-detailed, SimCity-like, isometric map of Hong Kong. Not only it looks beautiful, but if feels clear, useful, and you can get really close: More » -
#maps
The Most Detailed 3D Map of Earth Yet
Forget Google Maps: NASA and Japan's Ministry of Economy have released the most detailed three-dimensional map of Earth yet. It covers our planet between the 83 north and 83 south parallels thanks to 1.3 million stereo images like these: More » -
#tourism
NYC Subway Mapped to Street Gauntlet
At last, your claims of knowing New York's subway system "like the back of your hand" will be more than just boasting (OK, lying). More » -
#google
Google Streetview Displays Its Inner Artist
Google Streetview, channeling Picasso, takes its paintbrush to the streets of Annapolis and makes a pretty picture. [Google - Thanks, Jon] -
#streetview
Google Street View Gets Smarter Navigation, 3D Effects
Street View has given us a near-endless supply of shenanigans, but it's always been awkward to actually use. Now, Google has implemented semi-3D "Smart Navigation," which makes your virtual walking and/or stalking a lot easier, and way, way cooler. More » -
#maps
North Korea Secrets Uncovered In Google Earth by Amateur Spies
On April 4 2007, Curtis Melvin—a PhD student at George Mason University—decided to start the "North Korea Uncovered" project. Two years later it became the definitive reference for the country's secrets, thanks to an army of amateur spies. More » -
#maps
Power Plugs of the World Map
Have you ever wondered what type of plug they use in Nepal? Yeah, me too. UPDATE: Ooh, looks like they got China wrong. Don't use this map when visiting China! [Eurocom via bookofjoe via Unplggd] -
#apocalypsenow
Follow the Swine Flu Pandemic in Real Time With Google Maps
The current Swine Flu pandemic headlines read like those flashing through the intro sequence of a post-apocalyptical movie. Now you can see the cases spreading in real time—as the WHO declares them—in Google Maps. Updated More » -
#googlemaps
The Accidental Typography of Google Maps
Google Maps is many things: It's a rabble-rouser; a penis repository; a rare physics phenomenon; not to mention a library of deer carnage and terrifying Americana. Now, with this guy's help, it's also a type foundry. More »
