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Planning A Trip? Google Maps Can Help You Travel Smarter
Think Google Maps is just for directions? Think again. From saving must-visit spots to building day-wise itineraries and discovering hidden gems on the go, here's how to turn this everyday app into your smartest travel planning tool.
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Former Jet Executive Slams Gurugram's Garbage-Strewn Streets: "Want To Build Disneyland In Haryana?"
The photos showcased overflowing garbage piles along roads, accompanied by a Google Maps screenshot pinpointing the location.
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Google AI-Powered Air View+ Announced With Real-Time Hyperlocal Air Quality Information Across India
Google announced Air View+, an ecosystem-based solution to address the gaps in air quality data across India, on Wednesday. The system uses the Mountain View-based tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) models to process a large volume of air quality data at the hyperlocal level and provide actionable insights to Indian government agencies.
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Google Maps is Reportedly Testing Entrance and Exit Icons on Large Buildings
Google Maps might be working on an important accessibility feature, as per a report. The popular mapping platform is said to be working on a new feature that shows the entrances and exits of large buildings to help users navigate directions and park vehicles in more convenient locations. The feature reportedly showed up in the Google Pixel 7a.
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Google Maps to Get Live View Walking, Support for Mumbai Local Trains, More Features in India
Google announced a bunch of new regional features for Google Maps at its Building for India event in New Delhi on Thursday. The search engine giant is bringing improvements to Google Maps Street View, introducing live view walking, Lens in Maps, and more soon. Maps will also get enhancements for train travel and public transport in the country, wit...
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Google Rivals Introduce Overture Maps Foundation With Open Access to Mapping Data
Google rivals Meta, Microsoft, TomTom and Amazon Web Services on Thursday introduced a project called the Overture Maps Foundation, which aims to make comprehensive mapping data openly available for public use. The search giant was notably absent from the list of companies teaming up in Overture, and the project says it is looking to speed up progr...
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Pokemon Go Creator Thinks Metaverse Needs to Keep It 'Real'
Niantic Labs CEO John Hanke has been working on technology that helps people navigate and enjoy places in the real world since he helped create Google Maps nearly 20 years ago. So it's not surprising that he isn't a fan of the current hyperbole surrounding the notion that technology is poised to hatch a “metaverse”.
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Tesla Details New Supercomputer for Self Driving; Could Be Fifth Fastest In The World
Tesla feels this works better as it is better than manually building high-resolution maps something that both Apple and Google do.
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Jaguar Land Rover & Google Measure Dublin Air With I-Pace Electric SUV For Street View
Google and Jaguar have partnered to build a custom I-Pace for street view mapping and to run a study on the air quality index in Dublin.
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ISRO Joins Hands With MapmyIndia to Take on Google Maps With Homegrown Mapping Portal
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and location and navigation technology solutions provider MapmyIndia announced an initiative to partner together to offer India's best and fully indigenous mapping portal and geospatial services.
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Google's Find My Device App Gets Indoor Maps to Help Locate Your Phone
Google has introduced an 'indoor maps' feature to its Find My Device app to direct users to the spot where they lost their phone.
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Google Maps Mistakenly Renames Senate Office Building After John McCain
A Senate office building was temporarily renamed for the late senator John McCain on Google Maps.
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Pokemon Go Maker Niantic Plans to Build AR Maps With Users' Help
What Niantic describes as an "AR map" is viewed as crucial to advanced augmented reality apps.
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Sundar Pichai on How India Helped Shape Maps and Other Google Products
Google CEO Sundar Pichai opened up to NDTV about solutions from India, from improvising with Google Maps, to the newly launched Tez app.
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Apple Said to Be Using Drones to Improve Maps Data and Catch Up With Google
Apple is reportedly also developing new features for Maps, including views inside buildings and improvements to car navigation.
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Planning A Trip? Google Maps Can Help You Travel Smarter
Think Google Maps is just for directions? Think again. From saving must-visit spots to building day-wise itineraries and discovering hidden gems on the go, here's how to turn this everyday app into your smartest travel planning tool.
-
Former Jet Executive Slams Gurugram's Garbage-Strewn Streets: "Want To Build Disneyland In Haryana?"
The photos showcased overflowing garbage piles along roads, accompanied by a Google Maps screenshot pinpointing the location.
-
Google AI-Powered Air View+ Announced With Real-Time Hyperlocal Air Quality Information Across India
Google announced Air View+, an ecosystem-based solution to address the gaps in air quality data across India, on Wednesday. The system uses the Mountain View-based tech giant’s artificial intelligence (AI) models to process a large volume of air quality data at the hyperlocal level and provide actionable insights to Indian government agencies.
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Google Maps is Reportedly Testing Entrance and Exit Icons on Large Buildings
Google Maps might be working on an important accessibility feature, as per a report. The popular mapping platform is said to be working on a new feature that shows the entrances and exits of large buildings to help users navigate directions and park vehicles in more convenient locations. The feature reportedly showed up in the Google Pixel 7a.
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Google Maps to Get Live View Walking, Support for Mumbai Local Trains, More Features in India
Google announced a bunch of new regional features for Google Maps at its Building for India event in New Delhi on Thursday. The search engine giant is bringing improvements to Google Maps Street View, introducing live view walking, Lens in Maps, and more soon. Maps will also get enhancements for train travel and public transport in the country, wit...
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Google Rivals Introduce Overture Maps Foundation With Open Access to Mapping Data
Google rivals Meta, Microsoft, TomTom and Amazon Web Services on Thursday introduced a project called the Overture Maps Foundation, which aims to make comprehensive mapping data openly available for public use. The search giant was notably absent from the list of companies teaming up in Overture, and the project says it is looking to speed up progr...
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Pokemon Go Creator Thinks Metaverse Needs to Keep It 'Real'
Niantic Labs CEO John Hanke has been working on technology that helps people navigate and enjoy places in the real world since he helped create Google Maps nearly 20 years ago. So it's not surprising that he isn't a fan of the current hyperbole surrounding the notion that technology is poised to hatch a “metaverse”.
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Tesla Details New Supercomputer for Self Driving; Could Be Fifth Fastest In The World
Tesla feels this works better as it is better than manually building high-resolution maps something that both Apple and Google do.
-
Jaguar Land Rover & Google Measure Dublin Air With I-Pace Electric SUV For Street View
Google and Jaguar have partnered to build a custom I-Pace for street view mapping and to run a study on the air quality index in Dublin.
-
ISRO Joins Hands With MapmyIndia to Take on Google Maps With Homegrown Mapping Portal
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and location and navigation technology solutions provider MapmyIndia announced an initiative to partner together to offer India's best and fully indigenous mapping portal and geospatial services.
-
Google's Find My Device App Gets Indoor Maps to Help Locate Your Phone
Google has introduced an 'indoor maps' feature to its Find My Device app to direct users to the spot where they lost their phone.
-
Google Maps Mistakenly Renames Senate Office Building After John McCain
A Senate office building was temporarily renamed for the late senator John McCain on Google Maps.
-
Pokemon Go Maker Niantic Plans to Build AR Maps With Users' Help
What Niantic describes as an "AR map" is viewed as crucial to advanced augmented reality apps.
-
Sundar Pichai on How India Helped Shape Maps and Other Google Products
Google CEO Sundar Pichai opened up to NDTV about solutions from India, from improvising with Google Maps, to the newly launched Tez app.
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Apple Said to Be Using Drones to Improve Maps Data and Catch Up With Google
Apple is reportedly also developing new features for Maps, including views inside buildings and improvements to car navigation.
