While Google has come under fire for their Street View overseas, turns out plenty of those countries have their own versions. According to Search Engine Land: “…Amsterdam-based directory publisher De Telefoongids offers street-level photography (with store interiors) and in France Pages Jaunes has had store-front photography for many years.” Now in the UK, another possibility [...]
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May 9th, 2010Google Maps Increases Domination of Online Mapping Market
April 30th, 2010Back in October, the Google Lat / Long Blog reported: …In the US there are a number of publicly accessible geospatial datasets created by the government for the Census, land surveying, and transportation. These datasets provide information on everything from road networks and water bodies to toll roads and bridges. By integrating this information, and [...]
Google Directions – Epic Fail?
April 26th, 2010Google has implemented many features designed to help anyone in the world get to anyplace in the world with Google maps, Street View, and various other apps, but has their newest feature flopped? Their new free navigation turn-by-turn sat nav app has been discreetly rolled out to Uk users, according to TFTS: Google has quietly [...]
Google Maps Victimized by Spam
April 22nd, 2010Undaunted by recent events, Google continues to roll out new apps. Google Buzz is still in play, despite users refusal to use it, and Google Chat is now opening up doors into other uses. GoogleMaps has been hit with spam, and continues to come under attack as Google Street View fails to meet EU standards [...]
Google in Hot Water Over Cambodia / Thailand Border
February 8th, 2010Google is under fire this week for the way the border is drawn on Google Maps between Cambodia and Thailand. According to Reuters, Cambodia called for the Google Map’s immediate removal because it was not internationally recognised. Cambodia made the complaint in a letter issued a day ahead of the first-ever visit to the border [...]













