You Are Here: How Google Improves Mobile Location Accuracy
Ed Parsons explains how Google continues to innovate in the location technology sector.
Halloween GIS Fun
Looking to add a little geo to your Halloween beyond the proliferation of Halloween Trick or Treater online maps? Halloween Cartography Gretchen Petersen has pulled … Read more
Web-based GIS
Find information about map server technology, GIS cloud-based apps, and examples of online mapping.
Celebrating Valentine’s Day, Geographer Style
What better way for geographers to say “Happy Valentine’s Day” than with geography? Nature supplies us with plenty of heart shape topography found around the world. Heart shaped islands, vegetation, and lakes make up this love themed geography article.
Geospatial Redux: National Map Reading Week, Esri UC Call for Papers, Google Maps’s Blue Beam Measures Accuracy
This edition of Geospatial Redux takes a look at the first annual Map Reading Week hosted by the Ordnance Survey, Esri’s Call for Papers, and Google Maps’ new blue beam for directional accuracy.
The World’s First Scratch and Sniff Interactive Story Map
What’s April 1st without a little map trickery? Last year, Google had cartophiles hunting for lost treasure. This year, Google Maps is inviting users of … Read more
Vote for the New Google Maps Pegman
One of the complaints people had with the new redesign of Google Maps was that Pegman had disappeared. For users of Google’s Street View imagery, … Read more
War2Map – A Role-Playing Google Maps Game
Matteo Muratori, an Italian developer has created his own Google Maps-based game. The game is free-to-play and it is called War2Map which Muratori describes as a cross … Read more
Crowdsourced Traffic Data from Waze on Google Maps
Users of Google’s mapping products will notice the addition of more detailed traffic data, courtesy of Waze, an app that collects traffic and roadway conditions … Read more
Google Maps Tips and Tricks
Google Maps has become an invaluable geographic and navigation resource for many people. Listed here a some Google Maps tips and tricks that you may … Read more
Google Maps Finally Available for the iPad
Google has announced that a native app for the iPad is now available for Google Maps. The new Google Maps App for iOS devices is available for downloading from the iTunes App Store.
Google Maps Redesign
Googles Maps is preparing to debut its newly revamped Google Maps. Terming it “smart recommendations” the new functionality of Google Maps is intended to be … Read more