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Google Maps adds view from Mt. Everest
Google on Monday added views from some of the world’s tallest mountains to scenes woven into its popular online map service. Arm chair explorers were invited to take virtual adventures with members of Google’s Street View team to Aconcagua in South America; Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Europe, and…
Lithuania turns Google Street View on tax cheats
Lithuanian tax authorities said Thursday they would use the Baltic state’s recently launched Google Street View platform to track tax cheats by identifying the real value of property holdings. “It will help ascertain which property is ‘hiding’ under the entry recorded in the real-estate register and provide a preliminary assessment…
Google Maps adds panoramic images of the Grand Canyon
Google Maps opened a virtual path to the wonders of the Grand Canyon on Thursday by adding panoramic images gathered by hikers with Android-powered camera systems strapped to their backs. “These beautiful, interactive images cover more than 75 miles (120 kilometers) of trails and surrounding roads,” Google Maps product manager…
Google denies its Street View car ran over a donkey
Google on Wednesday moved to reassure users that no animals were harmed in the making of its popular maps after a street view picture surfaced of a donkey lying on the side of a road. The message put out Wednesday by the Internet giant was prompted by reaction to the…
Google Maps returns to iPhone after Apple fiasco
Google on Thursday released a new Google Maps app for iPhone users to replace a glitch-ridden Apple program panned for omitting key landmarks and cities and failing correctly to identify locations. The company has promised an “entirely new” experience with its Google Maps app, which includes local search functions, voice-guided…
Riddle of missing Pacific island solved: researcher
A New Zealand researcher claimed to have solved the riddle of a mystery South Pacific island shown on Google Earth and world maps which does not exist, blaming a whaling ship from 1876. The phantom landmass in the Coral Sea is shown as Sandy Island on Google Earth and Google…
Google maps drawn into South Korea-Japan island dispute
South Korea on Thursday lashed out at Google for changing the name of an isolated set of islands at the centre of a territorial dispute with Japan on its English-language web mapping service. The protest came as Seoul and Tokyo are locked in a propaganda war to publicise their respective…
Apple CEO: ‘Extremely sorry’ for that ‘Maps’ app, try using Google instead
In a statement published to Apple’s website Friday, CEO Tim Cook said that the company is “extremely sorry for the frustration” their new “Maps” app has caused users, many of whom complain that it is far inferior to competitors’ products. The iPhone-maker said in June that it was planning to…
Google offers virtual dives in world’s coral reefs
Google has begun letting users of its online mapping service take virtual scuba dives to explore precious living reefs being surveyed by scientists. The first underwater panoramic images were added to Google Maps with the help of Catlin Seaview Survey scientific expedition, which hoped that the up-close view of underwater…
France orders Google to hand over Street View data
France’s data-protection authority said Tuesday it wants Google to hand over data secretly collected from Internet users by its Street View mapping cars which it failed to delete as promised. The request came just days after a similar demand by Britain’s privacy watchdog after the US tech giant admitted it…
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