Looks like Apple's Maps in iOS 6 aren't the only maps providing dangerous directions to its users. According to a report from ABC News in Australia, local police in Colac have warned the public against relying on Google Maps for directions. Specifically, their concern is over directions that point people towards a one-way road not...
Google Maps have just been updated to include the Street View imagery from across Canada, including the Arctic. According to Google, it is working to build the world’s most accurate, comprehensive and user-friendly map. You can check out the new Street View homepage here. Google team explains how they have driven thousands of kilometers of public streets, roads...
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is putting its finishing touches on its Google Maps iOS app, soon to be submitted to Apple for approval. The app has been distributed to a few beta testers outside of Google, the report notes: Google has distributed a test version of its new mapping app that will work...
A new report by Guardian claims that Google employees that are working on the dedicated Google Maps app for iOS, are suspecting that Apple will not approve it in the App Store (via CNET). However, if Apple does reject the Google Maps app on grounds that it is by a competitor, approval of other maps apps currently...
A while back we highlighted ClassicMap, an app that brought back a native Google Maps app to iOS 6 users (it was the web version in a wrapper), but it was eventually pulled from the App Store. Now, it appears another similar app has made its way into the App Store, known as gMaps. According...
With ongoing whispers of a native Google Maps iOS app to be released soon, it appears some purported leaked images have appeared online via web developer Ben Guild (you may remember his web profiles for obtaining an original Google Maps icon in iOS 6), who has posted what he claims are from the Alpha version. According to...
In an interview with AllThingsD tonight in New York City, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt sat down with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to talk about everything including the Apple-Google spat over maps. Here's a portion of the interview where Mossberg brings up Apple and Google Maps: 8:20 pm: Time to talk about maps. Schmidt: “Apple should...
Still missing that good old Google Maps app on your iOS 6 device? Well, looks like we have a pretty neat alternative at our hands in the shape of a new app called ClassicMap. Except for directions and street view, you get pretty much everything offered by native Google Maps application on iOS 5. Best of all,...
Earlier today it was noted by Walt Mossberg Google Street View would be coming to the Google Maps web app on Thursday, essentially confirming what we were earlier told by the New York Times. Well, it looks like Google Street View has gone live late Wednesday night PDT. This brings back the functionality that was...
Apple decided to pull the original Google Maps app from iOS devices starting with iOS 6 in order to introduce its own Maps application. However, majority of us would give anything to get it back as the default maps application for iOS. While a standalone app for Google Maps still hasn't made it to the App Store, a...
The New York Times reports on Apple's misstep with their new Maps app, and within the article it is revealed the original iPhone was never designed to ship with a mapping app. It was only added a few weeks before the unveiling, as ordered by then CEO Steve Jobs: Including a maps app on the...
The Apple Maps and Google Maps saga has exploded out of control, with further news surfacing Apple ditched Google's maps over lack of voice-guided turn-by-turn directions. Apple also was also reported to have broken contractual obligations with Google prematurely by a year, in a surprise move to launch Apple Maps with iOS 6. Google is...
