For many, the start of a new year is also the start of a new semester. Whether you’re a current student trying to familiarize yourself with campus, an applicant assessing your options or an alumnus feeling nostalgic, the Street View feature in Google…
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Comments OffIt’s that time of year again! The stockings are hung by the chimney with care and Google and NORAD are ready to answer the question of “where?”
NORAD’s tradition of tracking Santa on Christmas Eve started in 1955, when a Sears and Roebuck ad …
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Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: Beaches Of Hawaii, Christmas Eve, Colonel Harry, Find Google, Gift Icons, Google, Google Earth, Google Maps, maps and earth, Norad Santa, Sand Beaches, Santa Cam, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, Santa Hotline, Santa Tracking, Sears And Roebuck, Sears Roebuck, Swiss Alps, Track Santa, Tracking Santa On Christmas Eve, Video Icons Comments OffBack in July, we announced our initiative to digitally archive the areas of Northeastern Japan affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Today, we’re making good on that promise—after driving more than 44,000 kilometers through the affected …
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Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: Countryside, Debris, Empty Spaces, Google, Google Images, Google Maps, Initiative, Japan Earthquake, Kilometers, maps and earth, March 11, Memory, Mountains, Natural Disasters, Northeastern Japan, Panoramic Imagery, Rubble, Street View, Tsunami, Tsunami Affected Areas, Virtual Tour Comments OffWhether you know him as Père Noël, Weihnachtsmann, Babbo Natale, Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus, there’s a chance you’re anticipating a visit from the jolly old man this December 24. Although he goes by many different names, the …
Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: Aerospace Defense Command, American Aerospace Defense, Celebrating Christmas, Christmas All Over The World, Christmas Eve, Christmas Morning, Father Christmas, Fond Memories, Google, Google Maps, Holiday Games, Lawrence Kansas, maps and earth, Norad Santa, Norad Tracks Santa, Noradsanta Org, Saint Nicholas, Santa Tracking, Search Google, Tracking Santa, Tree Christmas Comments OffGoogle Maps for mobile had its sixth birthday earlier this month and we’re celebrating by releasing the next generation of Google Maps for Android, which is first to get indoor Google Maps—announced moments ago on the Official Google Blog. We also …
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Posted in Email, Google, Mobile Networks Tags: Additions, Airports, Blue Dot, Demo, Drop Down Menu, Google, Google Maps, google maps for mobile, Mall Of America, Many Things, Minneapolis, Next Generation, Public Space, Retail Store, San Francisco International, San Francisco International Airport, Shopping Mall, Sixth Birthday, Space Maps, Tilt, Travel Season Comments Off“Where am I?” and “What’s around me?” are two questions that cartographers, and Google Maps, strive to answer. With Google Maps’ “My Location” feature, which shows your location as a blue dot, you can see where you are on the map to avo…
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Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: Additional Details, Bloomingdale, Blue Dot, Cartographers, City Streets, Daimaru, Geographical Features, Google, Google Maps, Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta, Home Depot, Ikea, Macy, Mall Of America, maps and earth, Mitsukoshi, New Frontier, Outdoor Spaces, San Francisco International Airport, Transit Stations, Wrong Direction Comments OffFrom the streets to the slopes, Street View in Google Maps recently updated its special collections to include a number of new ski resorts, so you can tour some of the world’s most beautiful ski terrain right from your browser. Whether you’re plan…
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From the Amazon to the ancient ruins of Pompeii, Street View technology has put imagery of some of the world’s most interesting and significant sites online for everyone to enjoy. Now, for the first time in Google…
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Posted in Email, Google, Tech Companies Tags: Amazon, Ancient Ruins, Cooperation, Google, Google Maps, Imagery, Majesty, maps and earth, Mountain Scenery, Picturesque Route, Railway Lines, Railway Routes, Ruins Of Pompeii, Scenic Railway, St Moritz, Street View, Swiss Alps, Swiss Railways, Switzerland, Tirano Italy, Wild Mountain Comments OffYou’re now one step closer to experiencing and interacting with a 3D mirror of the real world within your browser with Google MapsGL. Google MapsGL takes Google Maps and harnesses the power of Web Graphics Library (WebGL) to create far richer visuals…
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Google Map Maker enables local experts to create maps and share their local knowledge with the world. These citizen cartographers help keep maps of their areas accurate and up to date. They add missing roads and new…
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