South Korea approved Google’s request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional.
Category: Google Maps
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South Korea Clears Way for Google Maps to Fully Operate
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Driving Somewhere for the Holidays? Here’s How to Make Your Road Trip Safe.
Be sure you have the right equipment and apps for weather and traffic, and don’t forget to check those tires. Here are more tips for hitting the highway.
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Driving Cross Country? Here Are the Apps You Want.
On a road trip from New York to Los Angeles (and back), a writer found digital tools that helped her navigate and find a cornucopia of “weird attractions.”
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How Google Maps Plans to Handle the ‘Gulf of America’
Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.
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He Memorized the World With Google Maps. Now He’s Exploring It.
Few people are better than Trevor Rainbolt at identifying obscure locations online — but there’s even more joy in watching him visit them IRL.
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I Was Lonely In a New City. This Tech Trick Helped Me Belong
There is a comfort in having somewhere tried and true to go, especially when you’re a stranger in a foreign city.
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Nonexistent Google Map Trail Prompts Hikers’ Rescues in Canada
A Canadian search-and-rescue group said it had conducted two missions recently after hikers “may have sought to follow” a nonexistent trail on Google Maps.
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Family of Man Who Drove Off Collapsed Bridge Says Google Maps Sent Him There
Philip Paxson’s family said in a lawsuit that he was following Google Maps directions last year when he drove off a collapsed bridge in Hickory, N.C., plunged into a creek and drowned.
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Google Connects A.I. Chatbot Bard to YouTube, Gmail and More Facts
Google hopes that giving its chatbot more capabilities and improving its accuracy will give more users a reason to use it.