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A table that compares various features and functions of different web map services, including Google Maps, Bing Maps, MapQuest, Mapy.cz, OpenStreetMap, Here WeGo, Apple Maps and Yandex Maps. See the availability, navigation, directory, interface and viewing interface of each service.
Learn about the history, features, and implementation of Google Street View, a technology that provides interactive panoramas from many streets in the world. Google Street View is available as a component of Google Maps and Google Earth, as a web application, and as a mobile application for Android and iOS.
Google Maps offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° views, traffic conditions, and route planning for various modes of transportation. It was launched in 2005 by Google, after acquiring several companies that developed the technology and data behind it.
A swing bridge is a movable bridge that can rotate horizontally around a vertical axis to let vessels pass. Learn about its advantages, disadvantages, history and examples from around the world.
A comprehensive list of online map services by continent and country, including global and local maps. Bing Maps is one of the global online map service providers, covering the whole world with various features and data.
Some of the free software mentioned here does not have detailed maps (or maps at all) or the ability to follow streets or type in street names (no geocoding). However, in many cases, it is also that which makes the program free (and sometimes open source [ 1 ] ), avoid the need of an Internet connection, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and make it very ...
Google Maps Navigation is a discontinued mobile app that provided turn-by-turn voice-guided directions using GPS and Internet connection. Learn about its history, features, availability and comparison with other satellite navigation software.
A man planning a camping trip using Google Maps ran across a uniquely curved spherical pit in Quebec. It may be an ancient asteroid impact crater. A Camper Was Playing With Google Maps—and ...