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InternetNews
October 6, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Google Mashes Up Local Maps and local search merge into Google Local.   |
PC World
August 20, 2007
Steve Bass |
The Web's Best Mapping Sites At the top map services, driving directions are just the beginning. |
InternetNews
February 9, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
Mapping Google's Latest Direction Search engine now also helps you see where you're going with a new map service. |
InternetNews
June 30, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Search Meets Maps, APIs Google will publish the XML schema it uses to describe locations and Yahoo will publish its own Maps API, built on the open standard for Geo RSS. |
PC Magazine
February 15, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Mapping Goes Local New local search services combine the search functionality of yellow-page sites, the cartographic abilities of the best mapping services, and a healthy dose of business and restaurant reviews provided by the locals themselves. |
The Motley Fool
April 5, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Maps Its Future Enterprising developers have been creating Google Maps mashups on their websites for a couple of years now. Even Google has turned to mashups of its own roadmap site. My Maps simply brings that functionality to the masses with intuitive tools. |
PC Magazine
February 8, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
Yahoo! Local Maps (beta) This service forgoes a lot of the glitzy features in favor of a clean straightforward interface and good routing features. It provides a quick means of locating local places and things from within an intuitive interface -- and it's still only a beta. |
PC Magazine
May 17, 2006
Michael J. Miller |
Warning Children About Online Dangers We don't need a scare campaign, but we do need to educate kids about the basic rules of Internet safety.... The race to provide the best Internet mapping service... |
InternetNews
April 5, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
Google My Maps is Your Maps Google's My Maps allows users to mark locations on a map from a library of icons, draw lines and shapes to highlight paths and areas, and add text, photos, or YouTube/Google videos. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Google Maps' New Direction Investors may wonder how Google will make money from maps. Two words: local advertising. |
InternetNews
November 4, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo Offers Some Keys to Maps Yahoo unveiled the next iteration of Yahoo Maps, adding new interactivity and features. |
IEEE Spectrum
December 2007
Paul McFedries |
The New Geographers The new arts of neogeography and neocartography are thriving in their stead, and they will soon be annotating, augmenting, tagging, coding, and parsing your reality. |
Search Engine Watch
November 3, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Yahoo Enhances Maps, Integrates Local Search In a major overhaul, Yahoo has significantly upgraded its Maps offering with cleaner maps and integrated local search results. |
InternetNews
December 8, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Windows Live Local Offers a New View MSN will officially open MSN Virtual Earth to the public on Thursday, incorporating it into its Windows Live offering as Windows Live Local. The new version offers photography at a 45-degree-angle view. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Google Clicks for Clicks Google Maps can be a bit of a shutterbug these days. Google's drive to enhance its user experience isn't entirely selfless. Yes, the sites are free, but every search engine is fighting to be your source for local information. |
InternetNews
August 5, 2005
Tim Gray |
MSN Feels 'Virtual Earth' Move Microsoft's new satellite mapping site had the highest week-over-week unique audience growth on the Internet. |
PC World
May 2006
Tracey Capen |
Never Ask for Directions Again We tested free mapping sites and in-car GPS gadgets to pinpoint the ones that won't steer you wrong. TomTom Go 300 GPS portable car navigator... Garmin StreetPIlot c330 automotive GPS navigation system... Lowrance iWay 350c... Magellan RoadMate 360... etc. |
InternetNews
August 17, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Yahoo's Neighborhood Watch The company adds forums to local search so users can weigh in on community issues. |
InternetNews
May 11, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
Google APIs And Their Map Apps The use of Google Maps APIs is growing. Just how important can they be and what's in it for Google? |
Wired
June 26, 2007
Evan Ratliff |
Google Maps Is Changing the Way We See the World Volunteer cartographers are helping Google detail their satellite images around the world. |
Entrepreneur
July 2007
Mike Hogan |
Do the Mash Marrying maps to data is simple - and it can get your business moving. |
InternetNews
July 25, 2005
Tim Gray |
Microsoft Debuts Street-Level Search Much like Google Earth, the MSN tool provides detailed street-level maps and point-of-interest information. The MSN product is currently limited to the United States. |
InternetNews
December 6, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
For TomTom, All Roads Lead to Google Google Maps will now link up with TomTom's personal navigation devices. |
BusinessWeek
July 25, 2005
Robert D. Hof |
Mix, Match, And Mutate "Mash-ups" -- homespun combinations of mainstream services -- are altering the Net. For example, HousingMaps.com combines homes for sale from craigslist with maps from Google Maps. |
InternetNews
June 13, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
More KML And Bits of Google Earth Google took another step toward its goal to create a "Mirror World" with some improvements to its Google Earth satellite mapping application. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
A9.com's Streetwise Searches Amazon.com brings maps to life with street-level searches. |
InternetNews
May 24, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Earth-to-Virtual Earth A future Microsoft MSN service called Virtual Earth is designed to be a deeply immersive local search experience. |
InternetNews
July 6, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
John Hanke, GM, Google Earth Google wants Google Earth to organize all the world's geo-spatial information through user-annotation. |
The Motley Fool
December 14, 2011
Curt Woodward |
Zillow Shows Why Microsoft Might Love the Kindle Fire: No Google Maps No Google Maps! |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2008
Rich Smith |
Innovation Series: Mapping Technology In the past year, the GPS industry has undergone a tectonic shift as the Personal Navigation Device makers gobbled up their mapping industry suppliers. What's next? |
PC World
February 2006
Scott Spanbauer |
New, Improved Web Ready for the next online revolution? Powerful tools help you work, search, communicate, and share data your way; usually for free. |
InternetNews
November 7, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas |
Microsoft Virtual Earth in the Round New 3D search product lets you wander virtual cities. |
Entrepreneur
May 2007
Steve Cooper |
Point of Interest You'll definitely need a map for this entrepreneurial adventure. |
Search Engine Watch
January 23, 2006
Gary Price |
Terrific Real Estate Search Tools The combination of online maps, satellite and aerial imagery and real estate have spawned some fascinating and useful search sites, allowing you to visit virtual properties all around the world. |
PC Magazine
December 20, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Fly-By History Google delivers blasts from the past. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Tom Taulli |
Yahoo!'s Map to Success Yahoo! launches a new mapping service to make money from local searches. |
Search Engine Watch
December 6, 2005
Chris Sherman |
Two Alternative Local Search Services Local search from the major players is steadily improving, but meanwhile, two smaller players -- Metrobot and TrueLocal -- are making impressive advances in providing search results from your own neighborhood. |
InternetNews
March 3, 2005
Tim Gray |
Google Maps Local Search Game Google Maps enables users in the United States and Canada to find location information, navigate maps and get directions to neighborhood businesses. |
The Motley Fool
September 26, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Map Your Investment Strategy By tracking the new interactive maps Google is building, the genomic maps that Genentech is utilizing, and the maps of the human brain that IBM is generating, individual investors will be able to reach their financial destination that much sooner. |
Wired
October 2006
Wilson Rothman |
Map Quest It's geeky data miners vs. old-school drivers in the pitched battle to provide digital driving directions to the likes of Google and Garmin. May the best map win. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2007
Joel Johnson |
Open-Source Street View? Google Says Not Yet, but Soon Enough? Currently available in five cities, the Street View function of Google Maps displays a 360-degree panorama of any location on the map. When will user photos be utilized? |
PC Magazine
February 2, 2006
Davis D. Janowski |
A9.com Maps (beta) A9.com Maps, still in beta, gives users an innovative, street-level view of the sites they're looking for. |
InternetNews
July 7, 2009
Michelle Megna |
Google Puts Real Estate Listings on the Map Google is expanding its real estate listings and search functionality by allowing searchers to find property listings on Google Maps. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Google: Desperately Seeking Shoppers? A coupon initiative from the search giant raises some interesting questions. Maybe old-school coupon clipping speaks to Google's desperation to get on the map when it comes to popularizing -- and monetizing -- some of its secondary products. |
Bio-IT World
February 2006
Salvatore Salamone |
Hip Hop Offers Lessons on Life Science Data Integration The combination of new tools such as the Google Maps API and increased adoption of Web services and Semantic Web will give researchers new ways to view and aggregate their data in the coming year. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Google Gets Pocket-Sized The search giant offers maps and local search on cell phones. So far, there's no advertising on Google Local for mobile phones. It seems it's only a matter of time before that comes to pass. |
BusinessWeek
November 26, 2007
Arik Hesseldahl |
The Paperless Map Is the Killer App Forget media downloads. Cell customers really want GPS and navigation features. |
InternetNews
January 13, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
Microsoft Maps The Future of Advertising Microsoft researchers are working in China and India to polish technology used by the software giant in order to compete with rivals. |
Searcher
June 2002
Irene E. McDermott |
Where was I? Maps on the Web There is a tremendous amount of spatial data on the World Wide Web: multitudes of maps; armfuls of atlases; cartloads of cartography. Enough to keep a map nerd like myself clicking and dreaming for years. Maps on the Web are designed for many uses, and many of them are free... |
PC Magazine
March 15, 2007
Jamie Lendino |
Google Maps for Mobile Like Opera Mini 3.0, Google Maps for Mobile is another no-brainer download; try it and risk becoming addicted. |
