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Google Maps stories: 27 news summaries

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 Google Ditches 
 Mapmakers, 
 Hires ... You? 

Google ditches industry giant for user content, and others follow

Nov 17, 09 9:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Online maps that depend on user-generated content are growing at quite a clip, even threatening the more traditional purveyors of digital cartography. The famously canny Google marked the transition last month by dropping map company Tele Atlas from its US maps, opting to rely on free info provided by the... More »

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Google • user generated content • map • Google Maps • Tele Atlas • digital maps • OpenStreetMap • mapmaking • cartogropher

you are not here

 Google Maps Invents UK Town 

There is no Argleton, England, despite what you see

Nov 4, 09 4:41 PM CST
(Newser) - A Google Maps error has created a phantom town—“Argleton” in Lancashire, England. The service hosts photos of homes and restaurants in the surrounding area, but it’s all in error—the area is in fact just an empty field. Nonetheless Argleton has become a sensation with British tabloids... More »

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Google • England • Google Maps

bloggers' first look

 Verizon Unveils 
 Droid Smartphone 

All looks promising, but some think OS is still no match for iPhone

Oct 28, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Verizon's Droid smartphone—built by Motorola and powered by Google's Android—goes on sale Nov. 6 for $200. Some early opinions on the iPhone challenger:
  • The phone is "almost not worth writing about," notes Chris Dannen in Fast Company . It's "fine" but "doesn't advance" the
... More »

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Iraq • Verizon • Motorola • Google Maps • GPS • smartphones • consumer electronics • Google Android • wireless industry • Motorola Droid • Droid • Droid phones • Verizon Droid price • Verizon Droid review

 Tell This Website 
 Where You've Had Sex 

Let the world know where you've made whoopee on IJustMadeLove.com

Oct 8, 09 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new website lets you share your carnal experiences with the world: IJustMadeLove.com uses a modified version of the Google Maps engine, on which users can mark an address where they just did the horizontal tango—or see where others have done it. The site asks for some details:... More »

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Internet • sex • love • Google Maps • website

(Newser) - Eagle-eyed Parisians may have noticed a bizarre tricycle rolling through the streets of late, equipped with cameras pointing in seemingly every direction. The dorky-looking vehicle and its rider are on a mission from Google, to create 3D maps of every nook and cranny of the City of Lights for Google’... More »

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Google • Paris • Google Maps • Google Street View

(Newser) - A new addition to Google Maps offers users a guide the haunts of the famous and kind-of-famous, Mashable reports. Some 200 globetrotting celebrities and experts were recruited to reveal their favorite spots in Favorite Places, which pinpoints everything from celebrity chef Alice Waters' choice of neighborhood restaurant to Al Gore's... More »

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Google • celebrity • Google Maps • Favorite Places

PROFILE

 Google Exec 
 Reinvents 
 Geek Chic 



Marissa Mayer can't be compartmentalized

Jul 15, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Marissa Mayer is Google’s 20th—or maybe 16th—employee, responsible for such household names as Gmail and Google Maps. But the 34-year-old exec is also addicted to cheese and Oscar de la Renta, and carries an iPhone “to have a non-Google product to better simulate the user,”... More »

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Google • Stanford • Silicon Valley • Gmail • Oscar de la Renta • Google Maps • Marissa Mayer • designer fashion • Omega De Ville • Zack Bogue

 British Village Chases Out Google Street View 'Spy'

Mob of wealthy villagers feared Google could help burglars case their houses

Apr 3, 09 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google's attempt to add the scenic English village of Broughton to Street View was foiled by angry villagers, the Guardian reports. Residents, fearing that internet closeups of their homes would be an invitation to burglars, formed a human barrier to block the Google camera car after being alerted by a... More »

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Google • privacy • online privacy • Street View • Google Maps • Britain

Street View Catches Britons in Compromising Positions

Google removes several pictures at resident's request

Mar 20, 09 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google has scrubbed several embarrassing photos from its Street View map feature following the rollout of the service in the UK yesterday, the Telegraph reports. Google received numerous complaints about certain snapshots, including one of a man leaving a sex shop. Google noted that Street View has tools for the... More »

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Google • London • privacy • Street View • Google Maps • Internet privacy

 Google Street View  
 Launched in UK 

23K miles of British roads captured on 3D maps

Mar 19, 09 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google launched its Street View service in the UK last night, allowing Brits to wander the streets of 25 cities without leaving their computers, the Guardian reports. The 3-D maps allow 360-degree views of cities from London to Edinburgh. Specially equipped cars traveled 22,639 miles of British roads over... More »

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Google • United Kingdom • Street View • Google Maps

(Newser) - A California assemblyman wants his state to force Internet mapping services to distort the images of schools, government buildings, and similar institutions because they could be terrorist targets, the AP reports. Republican Joel Anderson introduced the measure after reading that terrorists used services such as Google Earth and Microsoft's Virtual... More »

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California • terrorism • California legislature • privacy • Google Maps • satellite images • bill • targets • Microsoft Virtual Earth • Joel Anderson

Google 'Latitude' Knows Where You and Your Friends Are

Mobile app uses GPS, cell towers, networks

Feb 4, 09 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Google’s newest mobile app—Latitude—allows users to keep track of where they, and their friends, are at all times, reports CNET. The phone-based application debuts today and opens up a new vista for social networking. The software allows users—tracked via GPS and by proximity to phone towers... More »

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Google • Google Earth • Google Maps • Google Apps • location-based services • Google Latitude

 Google Earth Adds 'Depth,' 
 Tackling World's Oceans 

Underwater volcanoes, shipwrecks now available to program's users

Feb 2, 09 3:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Google has added a new feature to its Google Earth software, which now enables users to explore the world’s oceans and access information from scientists and explorers, AFP reports. “Google Earth is equipping itself with a new dimension: depth,” an engineer said. Surfers can “dive beneath... More »

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Google • Internet • Google Earth • ocean • marine animal • software • Google Maps • scientific research • Google Ocean

 Veep's 'Lair' 
 Reappears 
 on Google 

Image was blurred during Bush years

Jan 26, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - When Dick Cheney was vice-president, his official residence was blurred on Google Maps. But the week Joe Biden moved in, the Naval Observatory suddenly became visible, Gawker reports. Many had noticed the isolated pixelation of Cheney’s address, including Maureen Dowd: “You can view satellite photos of the White... More »

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Joe Biden • Dick Cheney • Google Earth • vice president • Google Maps • satellite images • Washington, DC

Online Hookup Hopefuls Gain Mapping Aid

Website offers curious users directions
to getting lucky

Oct 26, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what may be the most opportunistic mashup ever, a web entrepreneur is putting a bold spin on the modern hookup, reports Wired. A new website scans the anything-goes "Casual Encounters" section of Craigslist, then integrates the postings with Google Maps, designating the locations of random horny strangers with... More »

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adult website • sex • Craigslist • Google Maps • online dating • personal ads

OPINION

Writer Fails in Doomed Bid to Escape Google for 24 Hours

He finds dependence stunningly strong

Sep 7, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - On the tenth anniversary of Google, Colbert Report writer Rob Dubbin attempts to avoid using the Internet behemoth for 24 hours—and finds its tentacles impossible to escape. He discovers "deeper" dependence than expected, "encompassing personal use" and the "nested dependencies of people and institutions surrounding me"... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Internet • Google Maps • search engine

Google's Walking Map Gives True Step-By-Step Directions

Tweak to popular feature shows pedestrian-friendly routes

Jul 23, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google unveiled a new feature to its Maps site yesterday, Wired reports: walking directions. Users can now plot true step-by-step directions, taking into account one-way streets and a growing database of pedestrian pathways. The walking option will appear for distances less than 6.2 miles. More »

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Google • Google Maps • walking • directions

Couple Seeks $25K Over Google's 'Street View'

Privacy-seeking couple claims 'mental suffering' after home appears online

Apr 4, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google gave in to the Defense Department, but can it fight a couple in Pittsburgh? Aaron and Christine Boring are seeking more than $25,000 for invasion of privacy by Google's “Street View” feature, the Smoking Gun reports. The couple says that a “major component of their purchase... More »

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Google • Internet • Street View • Department of Defense • Google Maps • search engine • Pittsburgh • homeowners • invasion of privacy

US Bases
Block Google
Camera Crews

General warns of security breach after base photos go online

Mar 7, 08 4:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Google camera teams have been banned from US military installations after panoramic views of the inside of a Texas base ended up on the internet, the AP reports. The street-level images show "where all the guards are, how the barriers go up and down, how to get in and... More »

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Google • Pentagon • Google Earth • privacy • Street View • Department of Defense • military bases • Google Maps

Previewing What's Next
in Social Networks

NY meeting introduces new services to new media leaders

Feb 29, 08 3:57 PM CST
(Newser) - What’s next for online social networking? A heavy dose of geography, writes David Kirkpatrick in Fortune’s Fast Forward. At a real-life meeting for 100 new-media notables in New York, one hot topic was adding location information to user-driven sites so that “not only will you know what... More »

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social networking • Internet • New York City • Web 2.0 • Twittervision • Google Earth • Facebook • Flickr • Google Maps • new media • Jeff Pulver • Twitter

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