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Uber Is Spending £380m On Google Maps Alternative

Uber's own mapping service will be part of self-driving car initiative, according to reports

8 years ago

10 Of The Best Map Apps

Here to get you from A to B is our guide to the world's best map apps

9 years ago

10 Of The Best Offline Apps

Go off the grid with our selection of some of the finest offline apps around.

9 years ago

Nokia Sells HERE Maps To Audi, BMW, Daimler For £2bn

Nokia firmly focuses on networks and hardware as car makers move to secure connected future

9 years ago

Nokia Could Sell HERE Maps Division To Focus On Networks

Uber, German car firms could be interested in one of Nokia's three remaining businesses

10 years ago

Nokia’s ‘Here’ Maps Arrive On Samsung Devices

The ‘old’ Nokia brings offline maps to Samsung’s phones, tablets and smartwatches

10 years ago

Microsoft Plans To Retire MapPoint Software By The End Of The Year

The venerable ancestor of Microsoft’s navigation apps will be finally laid to rest - and UK favourite AutoRoute goes too

10 years ago

Google Is Buying Into Satellite Manufacturing To Improve Maps

The acquisition of Skybox Imaging for $500 million will allow the company to marry navigation and analytics

11 years ago

Google Maps Adds UK Public Transport Data

Train, bus, tram and ferry information is added to Google Maps in Great Britain

11 years ago

New Google Maps API Allows Embedded Website Maps

A new Google Maps Embed API makes it easier for Webmasters to insert Google Maps into their websites

11 years ago

Nokia To Focus On Maps And Network Equipment After Microsoft Sale

Nokia will focus on the three businesses it has left once Microsoft sale is completed

11 years ago

Google Street View Car In Double Bus Crash

Car manages to hit two vehicles as it races away from a bus it had already collided with

11 years ago

Google Adds Italy, Bulgaria To Crowdsourced Mapping Programme

Google has extended its Map Maker programme to Italy, Bulgaria, Vatican City and San Marino, allowing users to add local…

11 years ago

Google Beefs Up Street View Exploration

Google continues to add more detailed images to its Street View galleries of the world's top destinations

11 years ago

Apple Maps To Be Boosted By Public Transit App HopStop – Report

iPhone maker makes second mapping acquisition in a week as it seeks to improve Apple Maps

11 years ago

Apple Acquires Canadian Startup Locationary To Boost Apple Maps – Report

Apple Maps to get more accurate local business listings according to reports

11 years ago

Updated Google Maps App Arrives On iPhone, iPad

Users of Apple devices now have access to the updated Google Maps app that includes a number of enhancements

11 years ago

Google U-Turn Over Offline Maps Decision

In the wake of criticism, Google performs a quick u-turn over the decision to drop its offline Map function

11 years ago

Google Updates Maps App For Android

Google's improved Maps app for Android devices has arrived, but iOS users will have to wait a little longer

11 years ago

More Developer Interaction Touted For Google Maps

Developers now have the ability to better interact with Google Maps thanks to a new map layer

11 years ago

Google Confirms £831m Waze Navigation Purchase

Google has flexed its financial muscle and snapped up Waze, which had also been courted by Apple and Facebook

12 years ago

Google Offers Free Classes For Google Maps

Google offers a free online teaching course for anyone wishing to become a Google Maps expert

12 years ago

Google Said To Consider Waze Acquisition

First it was Apple, then Facebook, and now Google is reportedly interested in the Israeli start-up

12 years ago

Streetmap Sues Google For Stealing Its Customers

UK-based company claims Google used underhanded tactics to dominate the online map market

12 years ago

Google Maps Editing Hits UK

Brits get to annotate Google Maps, with Map Maker

12 years ago

Apple Developing ‘Street View Alternative’

A patent hints at a street-level navigation interface controlled by movement of the device

12 years ago

Apple Acquires Indoor Map Startup WifiSLAM

Apple Maps' indoor mapping to be improved by $20m acqusition of WifiSLAM

12 years ago

Studies Highlight Digital Mapping Economic Benefits

A couple of new studies have revealed the economic, business and cultural benefits of the digital mapping industry

12 years ago

Google Maps Publishes More Detailed North Korea

Google adds crowdsourced map of North Korea following years of work

12 years ago