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Archaeologists Find 1,082 Ancient Tombs in Google Earth

While you were using Google Earth to zoom in on your house, these archaeologists used it to find places to dig. And it paid off with 1,977 potential archaeological sites, including 1,082 ancient stone tombs. Yes! Not only is Google Earth a terrific tool for answering the question “what does my house look like from…

Tech News Max Read

When Taking Public Transit, Google Maps Will Help Minimize Your Time Spent Outdoors

If you haven’t noticed, it’s winter. And if you don’t have a car, getting around in the cold can be a nightmare. But Google Maps wants to help reduce the number of transfers you endure between trips. Hallelujah! Less transfers can mean spending less time outside. It might take longer to reach your end destination,…

Tech News Adrian Covert

All the Mass Deaths of Animals Plotted on a Map

Click to view The world is ending! Okay, maybe not. But doesn’t it seem like every day animals are dying en masse? So, it must mean something! Find the correlation in this comprehensive map of all the mass animal deaths. I think the West Coast is safe. The South, um, pretty screwed. Check out the…

Tech News Casey Chan

Will iPhone 5 Include Free Navigation For Everyone?

One of the major things Android can hold over the iPhone’s head? Access to awesome, free navigation. Although according to a recent job listing, Apple may be ready to give iPhone buyers free navigation of their own. Let’s speculate! https://gizmodo.com/the-best-navigation-apps-5656790 Of course, one easy track would be for Apple to just use Google Maps Navigation.…

Tech News Brian Barrett

How the Crazy New 3D Google Maps Works

Wonder what’s going on underneath the new and improved Google Maps for Android? In a phrase, “vector graphics.” But Google explains it all in detail right here: [Google] https://gizmodo.com/google-maps-5-0-makes-old-google-maps-feel-like-paper-5714233

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Google Maps 5.0 Makes Old Google Maps Feel Like Paper

Google Maps 5.0 for Android is here, and it makes every other maps app—including older Google Maps and Google Maps on the iPhone—seem straight-up Stone Age. Just watch. https://gizmodo.com/google-maps-for-android-now-faster-smoother-in-3d-and-5707782 Google’s fundamentally changed the underlying architecture of Google Maps with 5.0—before it was tile-based, but now it’s all done with vector graphics to dynamically draw the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Rioting London Students Created Live Google Maps War Room

London was besieged by angry students last night, as they took to the streets to protest changes to university fees. The educated bunch took time out from taunting police and smashing things to chart the riot, live, on Google Maps. The map used is still online here, and although the action has ended you can…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

Google Maps for Android Now Faster, Smoother, in 3D and Works Offline

Google has just unveiled their new, refreshed Maps 5.0 app for Android, launching soon. What’s new about it? Well, it renders buildings in 3D, loads faster, works offline and will automatically rotate the map according to the phone’s compass. Thanks to the small file size and scalability of the new dynamically drawn vector graphics in…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Google Trespass Lawsuit Nets Boring Family $1 In Damages [dupe from Gawker cross post]

Will Google survive with its financials intact? This is the question absolutely no one is asking today after it was learned the company will be forced to pay a Pittsburgh couple $1 for trespassing. And yes, they are the Borings. Aaron and Christine Boring, of Franklin Park, sued Google back in 2008 for taking a…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Why Google Maps Doesn’t Make You Want to Tear Your Eyes Out

If you’ve never been able to put your finger on why Google Maps seems so much easier to read than other mapping services, here’s why. Justin O’Beirne lays out (and handily illustrates) the three major reasons Google Maps is more readable than the competition: White outlines, “a greater number/diversity of label classes” (more labels that…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Verizon’s Got a Little iPhone In Their Droid X Ad

Oh, dear. Given the lengths Motorola has gone to bash the iPhone 4 in ads, they can’t be happy to see the Droid X show up in a Verizon ad sporting—could it be?—the iPhone version of Google Maps. https://gizmodo.com/new-droid-x-ad-thumps-iphone-4-bumpers-5598449 Honest mistake, etc. But my goodness that’s quite a fumble for such a prominent product in…

Tech News Brian Barrett

The Tallest Building In the World From the Highest Resolution Satellite Around the World

The Burj Khalifa—which Tom Cruise likes so much—is complete, a needle of glass surrounded by turquoise water in the middle of the desert. Here’s how the complex looks, photographed by GeoEye 1, the highest resolution imaging commercial satellite. https://gizmodo.com/why-is-tom-cruise-sitting-on-top-of-the-worlds-tallest-5693238 GeoEye 1 is at an altitude of 684 kilometers over the surface of the Earth, and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Area 51 Receives Poor Reviews From Google Users

The mysterious Area 51 remains a place many people would love to visit. But it ain’t that great! According to humorous Google Maps reviews, one user’s spaceship has been towed and another user got arrested by the army. I love the internet when it makes me laugh like this. Check out the reviews here. [Google…

Tech News Casey Chan

Google Maps for Android Now Has Hotpot Local Recommendations

Hotpot, Google’s local social recommendation service, has been integrated into Google Maps 4.7 for Android, so you can read and write reviews of restaurants and pubs, plus rate places for personalized future recommendations based on your tastes. You can also choose to share your ratings with friends, so if they’re in the ‘hood and needing…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Nicaragua, Costa Rica Still Butting Heads Over Google Maps Border Error

Nicaragua scoffed at an Organization of American States (OAS) condemnation regarding their Google Maps border incursion this weekend, and why shouldn’t they? Even Reuters was calling the measure a “toothless exhortation.” Coming soon: Google War? https://gizmodo.com/how-google-maps-led-to-an-accidental-invasion-5682017 Google, for its part, has since corrected the error, which they blamed on faulty U.S. State Department data. That…

Tech News Jack Loftus

How Google Maps Led to An Accidental Invasion

Recently a Nicaraguan military commander invaded a Costa Rican territory and ordered troops to take down a Costa Rican flag and replace it with Nicaragua’s. He went through all this trouble because of an error on Google Maps. A Nicaraguan military commander recently invaded Costa Rican territory, and ordered troops to take down a Costa…

Tech News Austin Carr - FastCompany

Gingerbread Menus Will Look Cleaner and Crisper

Android looks set to grow up, if a hidden Gingerbread screen contained within the updated Google Maps is anything to go by. The UI looks slightly more styled, with the lines separating options gone amongst other small changes. In the image above, Gingerbread is on the left, and Froyo is on the right. The screen…

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Google’s “Do I Really Need to Go Vote?” Map

Need motivation to get out of work or bed or wherever you’ve holed up to go vote? Google Maps’ election ratings mashup shows where the election’s going to be the bloodiest—i.e., where your vote matters the mostest. [Google]

Tech News Matt Buchanan

This Is What A Nuclear Test Site Looks Like From Above

This is a Google Maps Satellite View of Yucca Flat, one of the Nevada Nuclear Test Sites. Over 739 nuclear tests were run between 1951 and 1992 which has left the region scarred and pockmarked to this day. Yucca Flat is known as the “most nuclear blasted spot on the face of the Earth.” And…

Tech News Casey Chan

Um, How Do I Get From Japan to China Again?

Google Maps: solving all those tricky logistical location nightmares, one joke at a time. Do click on the image and check out direction number 43. And then start searching for your goggles. [@PokeHQ via @Rhodri] Update: You can also view it on Google Maps here.

Tech News Kat Hannaford

Archaeologists Find 1,082 Ancient Tombs in Google Earth

When Taking Public Transit, Google Maps Will Help Minimize Your Time Spent Outdoors

All the Mass Deaths of Animals Plotted on a Map

Will iPhone 5 Include Free Navigation For Everyone?

How the Crazy New 3D Google Maps Works

Google Maps 5.0 Makes Old Google Maps Feel Like Paper

Rioting London Students Created Live Google Maps War Room

Google Maps for Android Now Faster, Smoother, in 3D and Works Offline

Google Trespass Lawsuit Nets Boring Family $1 In Damages [dupe from Gawker cross post]

Why Google Maps Doesn’t Make You Want to Tear Your Eyes Out

Verizon’s Got a Little iPhone In Their Droid X Ad

The Tallest Building In the World From the Highest Resolution Satellite Around the World

Area 51 Receives Poor Reviews From Google Users

Google Maps for Android Now Has Hotpot Local Recommendations

Nicaragua, Costa Rica Still Butting Heads Over Google Maps Border Error

How Google Maps Led to An Accidental Invasion

Gingerbread Menus Will Look Cleaner and Crisper

Google’s “Do I Really Need to Go Vote?” Map

This Is What A Nuclear Test Site Looks Like From Above

Um, How Do I Get From Japan to China Again?

Could There Be a ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sequel?

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