» Photos on Google Maps
Posted by Jess Lee, Product Manager, Google MapsThey say a picture is worth a thousand words, which is why we've added photos to Google Maps local se
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» About the New Orleans imagery in Google Maps and Earth
Posted by John Hanke, Director, Google Maps/Local/EarthThis weekend, there has been a lot of discussion about our imagery of New Orleans in Google M
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» SearchCap: The Day In Search, April 6, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web:

From Search Eng
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» Map-making: So easy a caveman could do it
Posted by Jess Lee, Product Manager, Google MapsHumans have been making maps since the Stone Age. In fact, map-making predates written language by se
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» Snakes in a plain... old... office building!
Posted by Dan Bentley, Software EngineerAct 1: The Googler who cried snakeSunday April 1st, NYooglers (a word for New York Googlers I can't convince
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» Yahoo! Maps Gets an Upgrade, Now Includes European Ins and Outs
Yahoo’s online mapping service will now include the ins and outs of 34 European countries. Yahoo Maps will be utilizing new mapping software that cou
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» Google Adds Neighborhood Search
Google has added a neighborhood search capability for 50 U.S. cities, so a user can search for things like bagels upper east side new york or restaur
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» Miscrosoft Virtual Earth Expands 3-D Coverage To Include New York
When Microsoft debuted Live Search Maps/Virtual Earth in 3-D last November there were many "oohs" and "aahs" but there was also the question: "W
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» MapQuest Introduces New ActionScript API For Richer Maps
MapQuest has introduced a new, Adobe ActionScript API for third party developers to build on. The bottom line is that this new platform will apparent
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» Google Maps Now with 360 Streetside Views
Google has will be announcing a new 360 streetside view for Google maps at Where 2.0 today, says O’Reily Radar. The 360 views are a better version of
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» Google Picks Up Geo-locating Photo Service Panoramio
Google announced today that it will acquire Panoramio, a Spanish community site that links photos with the geographic location at which they were tak
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» Google Maps On Jet Blue Planes
Google announced a partnership with Jet Blue budget airlines.

Passengers will be able to track the progress of their flight location, altitude, an
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» Add Your Reviews To Businesses on Google Maps
Google Maps has offered a collection of reviews assembled from some of the finest sources on the web for some time, but now you can write your own review and share it with millions of Google Maps users.

Search for your favorite places and click o
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» Two Top Google Engineers Leave Google
Two top Google engineers leave — to Benchmark Capital from VentureBeat reports Bret Taylor and Jim Norris, top Google engineers, have left Google to work at Benchmark Capital, a venture capital firm.

Taylor and Norris were largely responsible for
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» Google Maps Just Got Even Better
Now you can customize your driving directions on Google Maps by simply dragging & dropping the default directions to your preferred roads or highways, route around traffic, or add multiple stops on your way.


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» SideStep Acquires Travel Social Network TripUp
Travel search company SideStep has acquired social networking site TripUp for an undisclosed sum.

TripUp is a social network focused on travel and includes user-generated travel blogs, photos, videos, maps, and travel reviews.
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» Universal Pictures and Google announced a new online game
Universal Pictures and Google announced a new online game, "The Ultimate Search for Bourne with Google," that uses such Google tools as Search, Maps, Images and YouTube and serves as a promotional vehicle for the upcoming action feature "The Bour
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» SearchCap: The Day In Search, July 6, 2007
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:




Search in Pictures: Google Bathroom, Yahoo Art, Sulu @ Google Parad
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» Google Acquires ImageAmerica
Google has announced the acquisition of Clayton, Missouri based ImageAmerica, a company that builds high-resolution cameras for the collection of aerial imagery.

ImageAmerica has previously provided images for Google Maps and Earth, including hig
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» First Case of Large Scale Abuse at Google Maps?
It appears that some companies are managing to spam Google Maps local listings via Bulk Upload. This abuse was first reported to Google in the Maps for Business Group on 7/19/07 and substantiated on 7/20/07. Google’s response from Maps Guide Jen:
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» The Gphone and Mobile Local Search
The Wall Street Journal reports today that we could be getting closer to the realization of the long-rumored Google phone. This could happen in one (or both) of two ways for Google: partner or build.

Partnering has been Google's angle into mobil
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» Google Hiring Independents To Collect Business Info For Maps
Google Hiring Independents To Collect Business Info For MapsrnThe Google Local Business Referral Program is an initiative to gather contact, business hours and other information on businesses for listings in Google Maps - where Google is using ind
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» Google to Offer Embedded Maps for Webmasters
Google will shortly roll-out a new feature on its mapping service that will allow users to easily embed maps directly into web pages.
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» Google LatLong: YouTube-style Embeddable Maps
Today Google announce a new feature on Google Maps that allows you to add maps to your blog or website just by copying and pasting a snippet of HTML. And once you embed the map, it has all the same functionality of the Google Maps you know and love;
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» Google now zaps faces, license plates on Map Street View
In response to criticism, anyone can alert Google to have an image of a license plate or a recognizable face removed from Street View, not just the owner of the face or car, says Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience a
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