When you think of Google Maps, the first thing that springs to mind may be, well, maps—flat representations of streets and locations. For all their comprehensiveness and intelligence, they still have a lot in common with aRand McNally Road Atlas from the previous century. But as Google char...
Amazing satellite and aerial images from Google Earth, and the funniest sightings on Google Maps Street View. Why bother seeing the world for real?
As mentioned above, you can use any of the methods of entering a location mentioned in “Find Yourself (and Others) on Google Maps”[Hack #2]and probably several more that we haven’t found! So you can get the direction from an airport to a city (LAX to Hollywood, CA) or between ...
Hollywood Sign, Los Angeles, CA Bonus points if you’d like to try: a visualization of this data in the DOM abstracting out the script to take user-supplied input to order the locations by distance to any user-supplied locationAbout Measuring distance between lat/long from Google Maps API ...
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Google Maps are not just for stalking. A few years ago, young Hollywood celebrities like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton were victimized by an inexperienced group of thieves dubbed “The Bling Ring.” These miscreants Googled the jewelry and other pricey goodies owned by the celebs, then targeted...
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Google’s minor UI change is pretty significant. In the navigation screen, the small map that’s used to show you departure and arrival points has been blown up significantly. Now you can zoom in on it, and seek alternative routes, just as you would when browsing through maps inside the ...
I am a bit of aGoogle Maps&Google Earthfan. I used them to get hopelessly lost between Germany and the Netherlands the other week. Other times, I like to play around with them to see some sights that I wouldn't normally get to see, such as thenice chap with a rifleor somequaint r...