Google Maps iOS app updated to show flight, hotel and restaurant reservations
A little bit of Google Now has made it into the latest update to the iOS Google Maps app, which now shows your flight, hotel and restaurant reservations.
5 designers pick their 5 favorite product experiences, hear more at Roadmap
Check out some of the very best in product experience design, according to these designers. Hear more from them at Roadmap on November 5th and 6th in San Francisco.
Google Maps design gurus to speak at RoadMap 2013
We’re excited to announce that Google Maps design gurus Jonah Jones and Bernhard Seefeld will be speaking at our third annual experience design conference RoadMap on November 5th and 6th in San Francisco.
Beep beep! Google Maps merges real-time driving data from Waze
It only took two months since Google bought Waze to bring the social, crowdsourced driving data to Google Maps. A new version of Maps for iOS and Android gains driving information while Waze gets Street View and satellite imagery.
Google Maps app now displays ads in your search results
Ads in the Google Maps app are relevant to what you searched for, but can send you farther out of the way than the actual nearest result.
10 ways to better use the Google Maps app
The Google Maps app is an indispensable tool for finding your way around with your phone. Here are 10 ways to make the latest version work even better for you.
Wish you could get Google Maps for iOS offline? Now you can
This is new to Google’s iOS app, but has been a feature of its Android maps app already.
New Google Maps for mobile adds browsing feature Explore, loses Latitude
Google has released a giant update for Maps on mobile, focusing more on discovery while sunsetting the social-focused Google Latitude.
Now you can scale the world’s tallest building — on your computer
Google Maps documented the internal and external surface of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. Users can see every nook and cranny of the place — as well as astonishing views of Dubai below.
Cartography for the masses: where online maps are taking us
It’s now easier than ever to create your own maps — and to pick exactly what you want to feature. That’s a good thing, says the founder of one mapmaking firm, because more creative maps will lead to more creative ideas.