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If you drive a car in certain cities, you're dumb. There, I said it. But that's how Google Maps assumed everybody locomoted to their destination, until now. Yep! Google Maps finally has an option for step-by-step walking directions. Accounting for the speed difference between your kicks and four-wheeled gas-guzzlers, it estimates covering a mile will take about 19 minutes. And it says to use caution in dicey areas (I guess you'll be routed around them as it's updated?). Hopefully this gets added to the iPhone's maps in the next update, dodging cars on the BQE is exhausting. [Google Maps via Search Engine Roundtable via Lifehacker]
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via Gizmodo @ 23:57 22nd Jul
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Google is calling it a beta, but we're calling it a breath of fresh air (depending on where you live, of course, your air might a bit more fresh than the air we breathe here in New York City). Today, Google has added walking directions to its popular Google Maps page. Whenever you use Google Maps for directions, if the destination is within 10km (about 6.2 miles) of the originating point, walking directions will be offered as an option in addition to the traditional driving directions.
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via Hot Hardware @ 23:56 22nd Jul
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Google Maps has just added a fun (and extremely useful) new feature - walking directions. Simply type in the address you'd like to walk from and to, and you'll see a link for "walking directions". You'll have to enter in specific addresses at this point in time; I'm hoping that Google will soon be giving us the ability to find popular walking trails in our local area.
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via About @ 14:27 23rd Jul
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With school just around the corner for many of us, I wanted to mention a new feature of Google Maps that might be helpful for classroom teachers and those planning walking field trips. Google has recently updated their web based Google Maps to include walking directions. This new feature allows you to plan routes and estimate the amount of time a walk to your destination should take.
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via Technology and Learning Magazine @ 9:59 13th Aug
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Google has just announced the release of Google Maps for mobile with Transit directions for Symbian S60 and Windows Mobile powered handsets on the Official Google Mobile Blog. Google Maps for mobile is actually on version 2.2 now and features the addition of commuter-friendly transit directions.
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via Toys And Gadgets @ 5:06 1st Aug
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Google Maps is starting to roll out a beta of walking directions in addition to driving directions, the Google Operating System fan blog noticed on Monday.
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via CNET News.com @ 13:25 8th Jul
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Philipp Lenssen writes "Google announced their very own browser project called Google Chrome — an announcement in the form of a comic book drawn by Scott McCloud, no less. Google says Google Chrome will be open source, include a new JavaScript virtual machine, include the Google Gears add-on by default, and put the tabs above the address bar (not below), among other things. I've also uploaded Google's comic book with all the details (details given from Google's perspective, anyway... let's see how this holds up). While Google provided the URL www.google.com/chrome there's nothing up there yet."
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via Slashdot @ 16:47 1st Sep
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Previously Google Maps had capability to show driving directions from point A to point B. Now with version 2.2, available also as native application for Windows Mobile (not Java midlet!), Google adds ability to find transit directions, i.e. which bus or train or other public transport to take, including walking, to get from point A to B!
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via MS Mobiles @ 18:22 31st Jul
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Are you kidding me? Google getting rid of Google Page Creator, this must be a joke. No, it's for real. Google says they're going to be transitioning all Google Page Creator websites into their new Google Sites. Excuse me, but Google Sites doesn't come close to being as good as Google Page Creator. Why in the world would Google choose to keep the lesser of the two?
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via About @ 8:14 7th Aug
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Google has signed a deal with digital-map maker Tele Atlas which allows Google to use the firm's map data on a host of devices including cellphones and gadgets based the much anticipated Android operating system. Under the terms of the 5-year deal Google will also continue to use Tele Atlas mapping data on a host of Google services such as Google Maps and Google Earth.
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via PC World @ 23:33 1st Jul
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(RTTNews) - Late Monday, Internet giant Google Inc. (GOOG: News, Chart, Quote ) has signed a five-year licensing agreement with Dutch digital-map maker Tele Atlas NV. The agreement will see Google's community of users accessing Tele Atlas maps and dynamic content in more than 200 countries around the world, through Google's popular Google Maps and Google Earth sites and mobile version of these services. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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via RTTNews.com @ 1:51 1st Jul
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Tele Atlas will provide Google with map services, including Google Maps, Google Earth, and Android applications. The five-year deal with Tele Atlas means Google will no longer have to rely on Navteq, which is being acquired by rival Nokia. Mapping is expected to be a big part of applications on the Google-backed Android mobile platform.
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via Data Storage Today @ 23:09 30th Jun
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Tele Atlas will provide Google with map services, including Google Maps, Google Earth, and Android applications. The five-year deal with Tele Atlas means Google will no longer have to rely on Navteq, which is being acquired by rival Nokia. Mapping is expected to be a big part of applications on the Google-backed Android mobile platform.
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via Mobile Tech Today @ 20:19 30th Jun
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Tele Atlas will provide Google with map services, including Google Maps, Google Earth, and Android applications. The five-year deal with Tele Atlas means Google will no longer have to rely on Navteq, which is being acquired by rival Nokia. Mapping is expected to be a big part of applications on the Google-backed Android mobile platform.
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via NewsFactor Network @ 20:20 30th Jun
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mytrip points out news that Google's index of unique URLs has reached a milestone: one trillion. Google's blog provides some more information, noting, "The first Google index in 1998 already had 26 million pages, and by 2000 the Google index reached the one billion mark. Over the last eight years, we've seen a lot of big numbers about how much content is really out there. To keep up with this volume of information, our systems have come a long way since the first set of web data Google processed to answer queries. Back then, we did everything in batches: one workstation could compute the PageRank graph on 26 million pages in a couple of hours, and that set of pages would be used as Google's index for a fixed period of time. Today, Google downloads the web continuously, collecting updated page information and re-processing the entire web-l
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via Slashdot @ 10:55 26th Jul
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Lord Satri writes "Well, almost. Google signed an exclusivity deal with GeoEye regarding GeoEye-1, the most advanced high-resolution, civil, remote-sensing satellite to date. This must be annoying for other high-resolution, remote-sensing data users since Google already has an exclusivity deal in place with DigitalGlobe, the other major civil satellite imagery provider. From the CNet article: 'Under the deal, Google is the exclusive online mapping site that may use the imagery... in its Google Maps and Google Earth product. And as a little icing on the cake, Google's logo is on the side of the rocket set to launch the 4,300-pound satellite in six days from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. GeoEye-1 will orbit 423 miles above Earth, but it will be able to gather imagery with details the size of 4
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via Slashdot @ 4:43 3rd Sep
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Google on Wednesday revealed that users of selected BlackBerry Pearl phones can find businesses via Google Maps by speaking into them. The new feature is made possible thanks to the same speech recognition software Google uses in its phone-accessible GOOG-411 directory assistance service. The BlackBerry voice search is still in experimental stages, but Google promises it will fine-tune its software's speech recognition capabilities over time.
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via Electronista @ 7:44 4th Jul
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Google and Verizon have often been on opposing sides of deals and issues (like those issues that arose during the 700 Mhz spectrum earlier this year). However it looks like the two companies are about to put the past behind them as they are rumored to be nearing a deal which would make Google the default search engine on all Verizon phones. The two companies would split ad revenue so that both would benefit. The deal has not been commented on by either party but sources say that a major point of contention is that Google seeks to save user search information in order to improve targeted ads and Verizon wants to keep that data to itself. Google is already the default search engine for Sprint phones and has a search partnership with Nokia plus the first Android phone has just gotten FCC approval so this is another step for Google towards do
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via Broadband Reports @ 16:19 23rd Aug
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via ZDNet @ 23:01 13th Aug
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via Grist Magazine @ 23:53 22nd Jul
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Google buys a lot of software companies -- YouTube, Blogger, Picasa, GrandCentral, Keyhole (Google Earth), Writely (Google Docs), JotSpot (Google Sites), Dodgeball etc -- but there's a tendency for them to stagnate. Nik Cubrilovic at TechCrunch IT reckons this is because of Google's proprietary software stack. In Why Google Slows Down Acquired Companies, he says:
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via Guardian Unlimited @ 11:20 17th Jul
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theodp writes "If you checked out Google-wannabe Cuil, you learned that mapping search results to relevant images isn't a trivial task. But even Big Dog Google isn't immune to embarrassing graphics gaffes. Readers of Google News were shown that Russian troops are thrusting into the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia, thanks to the Google Maps graphic accompanying a story about Russian incursions into Georgia — the nation-state in the Caucasus, not the Caucasian-pride-ridden state in the southern US. Yahoo! Answers also had some fun with the GA-Georgia mix-up — 'I live in georegia but i dont see rusia no where not even sound but they says theres tanks should i be worrie' (Google cache) — before a spoilsport deleted the question."
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via Slashdot @ 1:32 10th Aug
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LOS ANGELES, July 22 /PRNewswire/ -- DSL Extreme, a leading provider of high-speed DSL and business-related Internet services, announced today that it is bringing Google Apps(TM) to its customers. With Google Apps, DSL Extreme subscribers will now have access to Google's popular email and communications tools such as Gmail with anti-spam and anti-virus protection, Google Docs collaboration, Google Calendar shared calendaring, Google Talk instant messaging, and a new customizable DSL Extreme home page.
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via Red Orbit @ 13:58 22nd Jul
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Thanks to Scott and the crew at DDS in Lakewood, CO for making available this sweet USGS quad index, easily used within Google Earth or google Maps. Simply browse around, locate your quad, click on the bubble icon, then download the free TIF or purchase a high-res digital version or paper map from DDS... freaking awesome! Here's the KML file
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via GISUser @ 8:03 23rd Aug
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