With more than 1 billion people using the app every month to navigate their surroundings, Google Maps is one of the most popular smartphone apps out there. Most of that Google Maps use happens on ...

Make the most of Google Maps with tricks that improve your walking, daily commute, errands, and long road trips ...

iOS/Android: You probably know you can pinch to zoom in and out on Google Maps, but there's another, less intuitive shortcut that's more suited for one hand use. All you need to do is double tap on ...

We have recently been looking at our map created from the Google Maps API’s Maximum Zoom data: Google Maps API Maximum Zoom – Part 1: Data collection Google Maps API Maximum Zoom – Part 2: Overview ...

A simple edit to the URL for a Google Map can get you a closer look than what Google allows via its zoom-in button. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming ...

Google expert Philipp Lenssen details how to manipulate Google Maps URLs to zoom in close enough to see an individual camel in the middle of Africa. The technique doesn't work in all locations, but ...

Ever since we did the posts on historical imagery density we have been looking for a way to map parts of the earth that do not yet have historical imagery. Sadly, the Google Earth plugin does not ...

Curiosity has now been roving Mars for two (Earth) years, and Google is celebrating with the release of new maps of the moon and Mars. To get there, head anywhere on Earth in Google Maps, zoom all the ...