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iPhone World Map Charts Jobs' Giant Game Of Risk
It's tough to keep track of the iPhone's slow global release, so one Apple fan assembled all the data into one easy to read map. If the country is red, then they either have the iPhone or will be getting it this summer. (Note: Switzerland, Spain and Poland are still just rumored, not official).
It's like one of those pandemic maps from the movies. You see the military general plotting two little red dots. Then four. Then eight. And then, all of the sudden, the dots have covered the general's body, spewing puss across the room in all directions. [Apple 2.0]
verizon
VZ Navigator Update with Traffic Avoidance and 3D View Now Available
The latest and greatest version of VZ Navigator (4.0), which tosses in traffic avoidance for 75 cities, along with 3D view plus some other stuff is live right now. $10 a month or $3 to check it out for a day. [Verizon]
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Even Google Maps is getting in on GTA IV fever, making an online version of the map that came with the game. In a way, it's much better than the paper map because you can click on and off different points of interests (missions, restaurants, safe houses, gun shops) and know where you're going. What with Google mapping out the ocean, an imaginary world isn't that much of a stretch. Are we the only ones here that wishes they were playing GTA IV instead of working? [Google Maps IGN via Kotaku]
Google Maps Goes Gangsta - GTA IV Maps Ahoy
Even Google Maps is getting in on GTA IV fever, making an online version of the map that came with the game. In a way, it's much better than the paper map because you can click on and off different points of interests (missions, restaurants, safe houses, gun shops) and know where you're going. What with Google mapping out the ocean, an imaginary world isn't that much of a stretch. Are we the only ones here that wishes they were playing GTA IV instead of working? [Google Maps IGN via Kotaku]
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Google Goes Back to 1500, Plans to Map the Oceans
As a natural progression from Google Earth and Google Sky, the Mountain View monolith now plans to create 3D maps of the Earth's oceans and seas and make it available via Google Ocean. The software will allow users to navigate the aquatic bottom and see the topography that exists down there. Google also plans to include interactive data about various subjects such as weather patterns, coral reefs, shipwrecks and currents. The goal for Google Ocean is to use as much high resolution photography of the underwater terrain as possible, offering more than just a map. But researchers say such a process could take upwards of 100 years. And Google, if you're going to include an Easter egg similar to Google Earth's flight sim, could we get a guided tour with a virtual Team Zissou? [CNet News]
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Do You Use Google Maps Mobile to Check Traffic Alongside Your GPS?
That blurry GPS shot above is of the Dash Express with its IP-enabled mesh network of traffic monitoring. But most of you don't have such tech in your GPS, you've got something else without live traffic data. For those of you who have GPS devices without live traffic, do you use a phone with Google Maps Traffic to check live road conditions as you navigate with your car's GPS? More »
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Pentagon Bans Google Maps Peeks
We thought this was pretty obvious, but after the Pentagon discovered Google Maps' 360-degree panoramic coverage of Fort Sam Houston Army base in Texas, they have officially banned them from "filming inside and making detailed studies of US military bases." How the heck the army allowed cars with cameras mounted on them inside their army bases is yet to be known. Next, CIA officially bans Google from snooping into their secret cake recipes database. [BBC News]
We're not sure how many of Google's apps have gotten the iPhone makeover, but GMail (along with Google Calendar before it) look quite optimized for the phone's screen. Of course, there's no real use to optimizing Google Maps for it, so don't expect that one anytime soon. [Google via Boy Genius]
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When we see something like this Cane Map, all we can think of is the Sean Connery-esque Colonel Gentleman from Venture Bros., but we suspect any old dude will find it incredibly useful. You see, it's a cane, but it's also a map—the duality of which probably exploded as many minds when it was invented back in 1940 as the atomic bombs tests around the same time. Except this map (made for the American Legion National Convention) is of Boston, where the only treasure you'll find are the highways leading out. [CooperHewitt via Wired via Sci Fi]
Cane Map Empowers Old Man Adventurers
When we see something like this Cane Map, all we can think of is the Sean Connery-esque Colonel Gentleman from Venture Bros., but we suspect any old dude will find it incredibly useful. You see, it's a cane, but it's also a map—the duality of which probably exploded as many minds when it was invented back in 1940 as the atomic bombs tests around the same time. Except this map (made for the American Legion National Convention) is of Boston, where the only treasure you'll find are the highways leading out. [CooperHewitt via Wired via Sci Fi]
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Here's a video by Mercedes-Benz detailing how their new Search & Send system works with Yahoo Local (It also functions similarly with Google Maps). More »
Mercedes First Car With Google/Yahoo Maps "Search & Send" (Video)
Here's a video by Mercedes-Benz detailing how their new Search & Send system works with Yahoo Local (It also functions similarly with Google Maps). More »
4:35 PM on Tue Sep 4 2007
By blongo3
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Latest by mommac: That video of the lab taping a Googlemaps print-out IS a real-life demonstration of how current Merc owners w/GPS get instructions on their dashboards. The Merc navi CD's are usually two years out of date and the system is more »
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Helping make sure you never get stuck on the wrong side of town with your Mercedes, the German automaker is working with Google and Yahoo to be able to send the latter two's maps and directions onto the car so you never get lost. Or at least recover when you are lost.
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Mercedes Introduces 'Send to Car' Maps For Google and Yahoo
Helping make sure you never get stuck on the wrong side of town with your Mercedes, the German automaker is working with Google and Yahoo to be able to send the latter two's maps and directions onto the car so you never get lost. Or at least recover when you are lost.
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A few more cities like LA, SD, Denver, Houston, and two in the Wang of America were added to Google's Street View. [Google]
office voyeurism
The Google Maps Street View Camera
Your friends have undoubtedly been clogging up your in-box with funny pictures from Google Maps Street View, but do you know how those pictures were taken? You do now. Google licensed shots from Immersive Media, a company that specializes in 360-degree videos, in order to fill out their coverage in cities like NYC. More »
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Google Maps Street View Found E.T.
In the biggest twist of the year, including last year, it seems that the new Google Maps Street View found E.T. and an accompanying laser beam. More »
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Google Maps Mobile Now Has GPS For BlackBerry 8800s
Although we prefer Windows Live Search for our Windows Mobile devices, some people swear by Google Maps Mobile. Well, if you've got a GPS-enabled BlackBerry device (like the 8800 or even some Windows Mobile phones), go and get the newest Google Maps. More »
Mio to World: France Moved
If you own a Mio GPS product, you might want to pull over for directions. Because according to their website, France moved to Finland. So who gets to be France??
If you own a Mio GPS product, you might want to pull over for directions. Because according to their website, France moved to Finland. So who gets to be France??
smartphones
Windows Live Search For Mobile vs. Google Maps Mobile
Microsoft's Windows Live Search for Mobiles just went live last night, and we took it for a spin, comparing it to Google Maps for Mobile, which has traffic, maps local business searches and directions as well. More »
6:35 PM on Thu Nov 30 2006
By Jason Chen
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Goggles: Flight Sim and Google Maps Mash Up
Goggles takes map data from Google Maps, overlaying a little biplane over it. It's not really a mapping tool, as much as it is a game. Pull back to zoom out, divebomb to zoom in, being careful not to crash into the ground. Hitting the spacebar makes your plane fire, but there's nothing to shoot at, yet. Alright, so that means its not really a game. But it's a nice way to explore a city from your desk. TGIF!Goggles [via Ashkan]
