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Venice gets Street Viewed with Google’s Trekker Backpack
A little while ago we spoke about Google’s Trekker Backpack Street View camera that the company was willing to loan to adventurers who had a good enough reason to use. The 33 (or 42lbs) pound backpack system is perfectly designed to go into places that Google’s Street View vehicles cannot and hence we come to…
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Take a walk in the wild with Google’s 42lbs Trekker back pack camera, if they approve
Some big news for the backpacking community – Google is willing to lend you their 42 lbs Street View styled Trekker camera if you’re heading out into the wild. This is the search giants latest effort to use some form of crowd sourced image capture to enhance Google Maps reach into places that aren’t easily…
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Burberry and Google Maps help lovers send kisses to distant lands
Google and Burberry have taken a new step to bring distant lovers closer, intimacy-wise. The idea of the newly conceived ‘Burberry Kisses’ is a highly visual and attractive proposition that can attract young lovers and strike a chord among seasoned players as well. Basically, it involves sending a digital imprint of your lip through Google…
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Six European nations receive biking directions for Google Maps
Cycling is an eternal solution for good health and a pollution-free planet. Google have realized this significant means of transport and has introduced biking directions for six European countries, where a bicycle for a long trip is never a bad idea. The same has been launched through Google Maps, across Germany, France, Poland, Ireland, Luxembourg…
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Using GPS on a smartphone is now banned in California
A California court in Fresno saw a judge ruling out a a law banning wireless, cellular phone use while operating a motor vehicle. It seems that this law also applies to visitors and residents of California who attempt to use applications such as Google Maps while driving. This all stemmed from section 23123 of the…
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A peek into what could be Google Maps for iOS 6
We’ve heard endless silences from Google in regard to their version of an iOS 6 mapping application. Google have kept mum and rightly so as they have built the suspense of a possible version of their mapping application for the new Apple platform. Users of the iPhone 5 have been craving for a better mapping…
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Eric Schmidt confirms no Google Maps for iPhone 5
There is competition and then there is standard. Much of what Google offer with their mapping software. However, with the culmination of all the hype behind the launch of the iPhone 5, there was sufficient proof that the company’s mapping app bore no comparison to the Google solution. With more users, better tracking capabilities and…
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Google Maps 6.5 released to celebrate 50 billion kilometers milestone
Google has crossed yet another milestone, this time at 50 billion kilometers. The search engine giant’s Google Maps application for Android has provided 50 billion kilometers of turn-by-turn navigation to its users in all and to mark the occasion, Google has unveiled an updated look for the application. The Google Maps 6.5 for Android now…
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Google Maps unveils new helicopter view with 3D route views
Google Maps has indeed been a handy tool in its day, and will now have a well-deserving upgrade. Google will now include a helicopter view for Google Maps, allowing users to have a virtual flight of sorts over the selected route, besides the usual 2D bird’s eye view and the 360-degree street-level view. The new…
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Innovative Jogger Uses Google Maps to Pop the Question
It seems that one US man has literally been running wild for his girlfriend. Wedding photographer Derek Montgomery made extra use of his morning run to spell out a marriage proposal to his girlfriend Kristin Lammi, using Google Maps. The idea to run the question “M-A-R-R-Y-M-E-?” came to him after jogging a slightly haphazard route…
