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Dublin gets an alternative angle with new 45° aerial imagery Google Maps has released an update this week that includes 45° imagery of 26 new cities and locations in Europe and the United States, including Dublin City. Darren McCarra 7 responses 30th May 2012
Apple will debut incredible in-house 3D Maps app next month Apple will debut its own completely self-engineered Maps application at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) next month as it unveils the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS6. Darren McCarra 4 responses 12th May 2012
Indoor Street View for businesses expands to Canada, Ireland and the Netherlands Google has today announced the expansion of its Business Photos program, allowing businesses to add a Street View style virtual tour of their premises on Google Maps and on their Google Places listing. Darren McCarra 4 responses 1st May 2012
Wikipedia updates mobile apps, ditches Google Maps Wikipedia released updates to both its Android and iOS apps earlier this week. In the process they decided, as others have, to ditch Google Maps in favour of OpenStreetMap. Darren McCarra 13 responses 7th April 2012
Apple ditches Google Maps in favour of OpenStreetMap, just like Foursquare Apple launched iPhoto for iPad yesterday, complete with the usual integrated mapping features. However, unlike its desktop counterpart, iPhoto for iOS uses OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, with Apple apparently deciding to ditch Google Maps on this product. Darren McCarra No responses 8th March 2012
Foursquare goes open source, ditches Google Maps Foursquare has ditched Google Maps in favour of MapBox using OpenStreetMap data, citing Google Maps pricing as a primary concern. Google Maps began charging some of its biggest API users, like foursquare, last October. Darren McCarra 2 responses 1st March 2012
Street View arrives in South Korea, 24 new cities worldwide get 45° imagery Google Street View has arrived in South Korea for the first time, with explorable street-level imagery available for Korea's two largest cities; Busan and Seoul. Darren McCarra No responses 25th January 2012
Google improves Maps for the UK, Germany, Finland and Sweden Google has today announced improved Maps for the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland and Sweden, including improved water bodies and local park coverage. Darren McCarra No responses 9th December 2011
Facebook chooses Microsoft over Google to power new Timeline maps feature Facebook has chosen Microsoft's Bing Maps over Google Maps to power new mapping features on its visually improved Timeline profile page. The new Timeline profile places greater emphasis on location-aware postings, with Facebook once again partnering with Microsoft rather than Google - arguably a greater competitor. Darren McCarra 8 responses 24th September 2011
Search locations by voice in Google Maps Google announced earlier today that users of its Chrome web browser can now use voice input to search locations in Google Maps. Earlier this year Google introduced voice search to google.com, similar to the same technology that has been available on Android devices for some time now. Darren McCarra 2 responses 25th August 2011