"Google Maps" Blogs & Blog Posts

Google has added a 3D aerial route preview option to its Google Maps product. With the new feature, Google Maps users can fly alongside routes to get a birds-eye view of directions while planning road trips, biking excursions, hiking trips or regular...

Google has added a feature that allows users to share directions, hotel information and other content from Google Maps to its social network, Google+.Specifically, Google has added support for +snippets in Maps. +Snippets, which rolled out in August,...

A woman — armed with a Nexus One and the Google Maps mobile app — recently completed a scavenger hunt in New York City that led to a very special prize: a marriage proposal. Google software engineer Ari Gilder orchestrated the “ultimate romanti...

Google has just pushed a pretty nice update to the Android market for Google Maps. Version 5.9 has added a few useful features. Firstly, you’ll be able to set up custom notifications for transit navigation in cities that support it. Secondly, th...

I’m currently mapping all the restaurants/coffee shop/milk tea shop/anything-related-to-food-places that I visited and in Google maps. I’m also linking the places in the maps to the posts in my blog. I’ve included a map on my last post so chec...