Archive for the 'Google Maps' Category
Google adds bike lane with latest mapping feature
March 10th, 2010AP – “Google Inc. is adding a bike lane with its latest online mapping option. The new bicycling directions available on Google Maps starting Wednesday supplement the guidance already provided to motorists and pedestrians. The biking directions initially will be available only for the United States.”
Authors on Google Maps
February 14th, 2010Google Maps Mania – “Soren, of Microformats.dk, has produced a Google Maps mashup to show the birthplaces of the authors whose books are on the list of the top 250 books borrowed from UK libraries.”
Access the map, plus an article from The Guardian
Cambodia blasts Google map of disputed Thai border
February 7th, 2010Reuters – “Cambodia has hit out at Google over what it called a “radically misleading” map of the disputed Thai-Cambodia border, accusing the world’s biggest search engine of being “professionally irresponsible”
More here, from Bloomberg
Privacy not protected on Google Street View, MPs told
October 23rd, 2009National Post – “The popular 360-degree online mapping service went live in Canada earlier this month, and the office of the privacy commissioner has already flagged a problem with Google technology that is supposed to automatically blur faces and licence plates in photos to protect people’s privacy.”
Blurred Out: 51 Things You Aren’t Allowed to See on Google Maps
June 14th, 2009Focus – “Whether it’s due to government restrictions, personal-privacy lawsuits or mistakes, Google Maps has slapped a “Prohibited” sign on the following 51 places.”
Bringing Art to Google Maps
November 6th, 2008A few sites from Google Maps Mania, my favorite site on cool Google Map Apps.
Alfred Kazins Winesburg, Ohio
January 30th, 2008Paper Cuts – “Seriously, though, has anyone ever found a map of a fictional location on Google Book Search?”
(Thanks Edana)
“I Use The Google Maps”
November 28th, 2007Apparently, just launched. Collaborative Google Map editing.
20 points for the first person to provide the origin of the quote in the title.
