Google Maps Navigation currently provides GPS stop-by-stop navigation for public transit directions in 400+ cities around the globe, including four metro cities in India – Bangalore (BMTC Ltd), Chennai (Chennai MRTS), Kolkata (Kolkata Metro) and Delhi (Delhi Metro Rail). […]
Google has stopped collecting images for its Google Street View in Bangalore after objections from cops due to the speculations on security concerns. Street View project launched in Bangalore to collect images to give Google users 360 degree views of streets only last month. […]
Google launched its “Street View” project in India by gathering data in Bangalore aiming to collect panoramic images. Google will drive its street view cars and trike to gather data and once the collection process is done, street view will be available in Bangalore on Google Maps. […]
The latest available high-resolution imagery of areas affected by the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan is now made available by Google for you to explore. Download a KML file for viewing in Google Earth or view with Google Maps or view in Picasa Web Album […]
Google labs introduced Rotatable Maps feature to Google Maps. Once you enable rotatable feature,you can rotate the map in any direction. We can rotate Street Map View as well as Satellite Imagery with this feature. […]
My Maps was a new feature added to Google’s local search maps. My Maps lets users and businesses create their own map by positioning markers, polylines and polygons onto a map. The interface is a straightforward overlay on the map. Each element added to a My Map has an editable tag. This tag can contain text, rich text or HTML. Embeddable video and other content can be included within the HTML tag. […]
“Where in the World Game” is one of the Google Labs feature added to Google Map in order to test your geography knowledge by guessing the names of countries from satellite imagery. In this game, user will be given 10 questions one by one with an interval of 10 seconds. Google map will spot a place and user need to tell which country it is. User has to pick the correct answer from 4 options given. […]
There are a few techniques with which you can find the latitude and longitude of any place. Three such simple tools are discussed here – What’s Here Feature of Google Maps, LatLng Tooltip and LatLng Marker. […]
Google’s Distance Calculator Tool, available at Google Maps Labs, helps you calculate the distance between two or more points anywhere on the earth. Since it is a Google Maps Labs feature, you will have to enable it manually. Goto http://maps.google.com/maps?showlabs=1 and enable the tool. […]
Google Labs have released a new application called Google City Tours that bulit on Google Maps. Given a starting address, City Tours finds nearby points of interest and suggests a walking tour which visits as many points of interest as possible in the time available. City Tours comes with a number of preconfigured tours for San Francisco, New York, London and Dublin. Each landmark on the tour is marked on the map. The pop-up window for each marker contains information about how long you will stay when visiting the landmark, a user rating and the opening hours. […]
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