National Geographic has announced it is participating in the Google Maps Engine public data program and will be sharing over 500 maps with the public by putting them online. The maps will include ...

Late last year, Waze faced serious questions about its future at Google when, as part of Google's company-wide efforts at cost-cutting, Waze lost its status as an independent company. The mapping app ...

We used to ask Google Maps for directions. Now it’s telling us the places it thinks we should go. Google is rolling out a new travel feature that loads its Gemini tech — the company’s version of an AI ...

Two decades ago, Google co-founder Larry Page had an idea that would forever change the way we navigate the world. "Larry drove down some of these streets with a video camera and handed it to someone ...

Google said on Thursday it will merge teams working on mapping service Waze and products like Google Maps, effective Dec. 9, in a bid to consolidate processes. The Alphabet Inc-owned company will ...

Google plans to combine the teams working on its Maps product and on Waze, a mapping service that Google acquired in 2013. The merger comes as the search engine giant feels the pressure to cut costs ...

Google Geo Data Grows – O’Reilley’s Brady Forrest talks about the huge growth of geospatial data resulting from Google’s big investments over the last few years. Some really nice illustrations and ...

As part of the redesigned incident reporting across all platforms, Google said Maps would show Waze reports for users to confirm while navigating. This is beginning to roll out. When Google Maps ...

Millions visit South Korea each year, a tech-friendly tourist haven. There’s just one problem: Google Maps doesn’t work there ...

Google Maps is available in more than 250 countries, so it may surprise some people to learn that a modern tech-obsessed ...