Google will let you search for products on Maps to help with holiday shopping
Google has added some new travel and shopping features to Maps that aim to make it easier to find local products and stay on ...
Google Maps will soon delete your location history – unless you tell it not to
Google’s location-tracking Timeline feature will soon only record the most recent three months of your location history, with ...
Google Maps is finally getting tools to avoid low bridges
Google Maps is finally getting the ability to enter vehicle size to avoid low bridges — but with a few pretty major ...
Google Maps just got 5 big upgrades in time for the holidays — and there's one that can save you a ton of time
Similarly, Google already offers a Popular Times feature to track the best and worst times to travel. This year, Google says ...
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Change this Google Maps setting now so you don't get lost on the way to Grandma's
But there is a way to save your Timeline data from deletion, and preserve all your past visits. OS iOS, Android Brand Google ...
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Engineers Turn Smartphones Into Space Study Tools
In a new study, researchers at Google and CU Boulder have transformed millions of Android phones across the globe into a fleet of nimble scientific instruments-generating one of the most detailed maps ...
Obsolete mapping system and 3G shutdown leaves fire trucks untracked and firefighters locked out of stations, union says
A system used to locate and track Fire Rescue Victoria vehicles is no longer operational, with the firefighters union saying ...
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Millions of phones create most complete map ever of the ionosphere
Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that ...
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Google used millions of Android phones to map the worst enemy of GPS
Modern smartphones come equipped with GPS receivers that measure radio signals beamed from ... the researchers were able to ...
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How Do Vehicles with Automated-Driving Capabilities Know Where They Are?
Localization is necessary for cars with Level 2 and 3 hands-free systems to determine ... General Motors GM’s map shows ...
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Google uses millions of phones to map Earth’s ionosphere and improve GPS
When the air is partly ionized, freely moving electrons slightly slow down the radio signals travelling to Earth from GPS and ...