Google Maps is no longer an outdoor navigation system – the tech giant is rolling out an upgrade that provides directions inside different facilities. Users can now use Live View on smartphones to maneuver around malls, airports and train stations. The Indoor Live View Feature uses AR cues to provide turn-by-turn directions over a live … Read more
Google Maps is no longer an outdoor navigation system – the tech giant is rolling out an upgrade that provides directions inside different facilities. Users can now use Live View on smartphones to maneuver around malls, airports and train stations. The Indoor Live View Feature uses AR cues to provide turn-by-turn directions over a live … Read more
Google Maps has launched a map editing tool for desktop that lets users add new or missing roads to the landscape. This feature, which is rolling out over the coming months in more than 80 countries will let users add missing roads by drawing lines, rename roads, realign or delete incorrect roads and report if a road … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS: Here’s a really hot tip…1Spatial is the fast-growing digital maps expert that helps find a way to fires By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 6 March 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget was clear – when it comes to business, the Government … Read more
Mystery medieval tunnels that don’t appear on any maps are uncovered near 12th century abbey by workmen moving electricity pole The team stumbled on the underground network – unseen for hundreds of years The tunnel site was found near to the Tintern Abbey close to the England border Engineers working for Western Power Distribution stumbled … Read more
Google Maps now lets users pay for parking meters and subway rides directly in its Android app and iOS is ‘soon’ to follow Drivers tap the ‘pay for parking’ button from driving navigation in Google Maps Then you input the meter number and how much time you want to buy You can add more time … Read more
Computers nil, man with a pencil and paintbrushes, one. Meet James Niehues, an artist who has hand-painted over 200 ski resort trail maps across North America, South America, New Zealand and Australia, despite competition from map-makers using computer-generated imagery. His amazing artistry has shepherded millions of skiers in some of the world’s most famous resorts … Read more
Google snaps! Vet caught on camera by the Maps surveillance van does it AGAIN in another spot five years later – in practically the same outfit Charlie Tewson, 32, from Wokingham, took selfie with Google Maps van in 2015 He was outside the surgery where he works when he saw camera filming street Jumped at … Read more
A first-time buyer who got excited after finding a ‘cheap’ property online has told how he realised ‘something wasn’t right’ when he looked it up on Google Street View – and spotted a policeman outside. Scottish comedian Darren Connell said he’s been saving for a house for some time and was intrigued when he found the … Read more
Saved for the nation: Rare maps charting England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada will remain in the UK after public helps raise £600k to buy them The set of ten, dating back to 1589, are thought to be the earliest surviving representations of famous battle The collection were sold abroad in July, but a Government … Read more