Google Maps was launched in February 2005. The service's front end utilizes JavaScript, XML, and Ajax. Google Maps offers an API that allows maps to...
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increase map quality. Changes to Google Map Maker were intended to appear on Google Maps only after sufficient review by Google moderators. Google Map Maker...
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Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides interactive panoramas from positions along many streets in the...
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The Google Maps pin is the inverted-drop-shaped icon that marks locations in Google Maps. The pin is protected under a U.S. design patent as "teardrop-shaped...
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Google Maps Navigation is a mobile application developed by Google for the Android and iOS operating systems that later integrated into the Google Maps...
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Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth...
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buildings and structures. First released in 2012, Apple Maps replaced Google Maps as the default map system on Apple devices. At launch, it drew criticism...
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summaries of documents. Google offers Gmail for email, Google Calendar for time-management and scheduling, Google Maps and Google Earth for mapping, navigation...
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on the Google Maps webpage or mobile app. On Mario Day (March 10) 2018, Google and Nintendo had partnered up to bring Mario into Google Maps mobile app...
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censorship of certain sites was subsequently removed. For example, when Google Maps and Google Earth were launched, images of the White House and United States...
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