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Public transportation now available on Google Maps Mobile

June 5, 2008

Google has just updated Google Maps Mobile to version 2.2. The primary enhancement in this version is public transit — now you can get information on bus, train and ferry routes right from your mobile. You can download the application by visiting this link with your phone, or you can read more on the Google [...]

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3D Earth product in the iPhone

May 23, 2008

Google Earth Blog has a story about a digital earth product called Earthscape. Earthscape is a desktop program that aims to be similar to Google Earth (and others). It may end up being a decent product, but that’s not the point of this post. At Where 2.0 last week, GEB author Frank Taylor was shown [...]

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Mobile demo of Virtual Earth at CES

January 8, 2008

(via VE / LM) Yesterday at CES in Las Vegas, Bill Gates showed off a completely fake but completely cool demo of Virtual Earth on a handheld device. The technology used in the demo is still a few years away, but it’s a cool glimpse at the future. One thing that stood out to me [...]

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Yahoo Go 3.0 released, with a nice version of Yahoo Maps

January 8, 2008

As reported by Mobileography, Yahoo has just released Yahoo! Go 3.0. Among the many features in this new mobile suite is a pretty good version of Yahoo Maps. In my brief testing, it seems very similar to Google Maps Mobile, though I give a slight edge to Google. Their app seems to load tiles a [...]

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New updates coming for the iPhone version of Google Maps

December 30, 2007

Rumor has it that the iPhone firmware will be updated to version 1.1.3 next week. Part of that update will include a few new features for the Google Maps app on the phone. One part will be a hybrid view, which the phone currently doesn’t have. The other is the addition of the “My Location” [...]

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Don’t forget about Google Maps Mobile for traffic info

December 23, 2007

With so many people traveling over the next 10 days, I thought it would be worth reminding you about the excellent Google Maps Mobile. The searching and directions are neat, but the live traffic is the real killer feature in this product. It saved us a good deal of time yesterday (don’t go down 75 [...]

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Location information in Google Maps for mobile — without GPS

November 28, 2007

Google has just released a new version of Google Maps for mobile today. This version includes a new feature called “My Location”. By using cell tower triangulation, it can pinpoint your location to within a few hundred meters. It’s not as accurate as GPS, but it’s pretty darn good. In addition, it can assist with [...]

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