Articles Tagged “Google Maps”

Location-based Browsing of Wikipedia Using Wikihood for Android

by Alvin Ybañez on Jan 15, 2012 0 Comments">0

If you have read Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days and like to explore unknown regions of the world, the Android Market has an app that lets you travel and discover the world using your Android device without your having to leave the comfort of your seat. The Wikihood app integrates the knowledge of Wikipedia and the directions of Google Maps to make your virtual travels fun and educational. Unlike searching through a massive collection of web content, the Wikihood app shows relevant information based on the map or the location you are searching for. Utilizing advanced semantic …

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Google Maps 6.0 Introduces “Mapping the Indoors”

by Matthew Sabatini on Dec 01, 2011 0 Comments">0

Even with all of the maps and directories now a days, people still manage to get lost- indoors! No pointing fingers, but you know who you are. And to be fair, some malls, airports, and large stores (take IKEA for example) are near impossible to navigate through. This is why Google Maps for Android now enables you to figure out where you are and see where you might want to go when you’re indoors. More specifically, on Tuesday (November 29, 2011) Google announced Maps 6.0 for Android. This new update will allow your Android device to track your location, with …

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How to Enable Google Maps Extra Features on Your Android Phone

by Edmund Apostol on Nov 28, 2011 0 Comments">0

Here’s how to enable the extra features of Google Maps in your Android phone. These features are available in Labs.

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Google Maps Supports Android Beam

by Glenn Santos on Oct 22, 2011 2 Comments">2

Just recently, the demo of the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich witnessed the unveiling of an NFC-powered feature called Android Beam. One of the underlying parts in the event is the assumption that Google Maps had been updated to support the feature.

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Google Maps with Navigation now available in the UK

by Michael Oryl on Apr 21, 2010 0 Comments">0

It seems that Google has rolled out its beta of Google Maps Navigation to folks in the UK, though Google has yet to announce as much publicly. MobileBurn’s Russ Jefferies checked it out for himself and did indeed find the new functionality to be available. For those of you in the UK, check it out if you have an Android 1.6 or better device. It’s a pretty slick application.

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Google Maps turn-by-turn navigation demoed on the Sony Ericsson X10

by Susan Ellery on Dec 28, 2009 0 Comments">0

Images and videos of the Sony Ericsson X10 have been floating around for months, giving us a very thorough preview of this Android handset. Today we have what we hope is the last in the preview series – a video of the X10 showing off Google Map’s turn-by-turn navigation. For those that already have Android 1.6 and higher, the Google Maps demo is nothing extraordinary, just some more eye candy of this upcoming Android offering which hopefully will get an official nod from Sony Ericsson very soon. Hit the jump for the X10 video. [via Daily Mobile]

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Yelp hits the Android Market, NPR News coming soon

by Susan Ellery on Dec 09, 2009 0 Comments">0

The Android Market is going mainstream with some high profile applications making their way into the catalog. Earlier this week, Yelp, the popular online city guide, released a mobile application for the Android platform. The Yelp application grabs your location from your GPS and presents you with ratings, reviews, and photos of local restaurants and businesses. The application can also launch a movable Google Map which pinpoints the location of the business of interest and provides directions from your current location. Unlike the iPhone version, which allows users to submit photos and quick tips from their mobile phone, the Android …

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Google’s Favorite Places

by Chuck Zich on Dec 08, 2009 0 Comments">0

The news just won’t stop from the search giant. Google has recently announced “Favorite Places on Google” as part of an initiative to get even better local results when searching for local businesses, such as restaurants, hotels, clothing stores, and more. 100,000 of the most researched places in over 9,000 cities and towns across all 50 of the United States were sent official Google Favorite Place decals. The decal contains a unique QR code scanable by many mobile devices, including those running Android. Businesses are encouraged to place the decal in their store fronts so that patrons can scan and …

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Google releases My Maps editor for Android

by Michael Oryl on Dec 16, 2008 0 Comments">0

For those of you not familiar with the “My Maps” feature of the main Google Maps website, it allows users to draw lines and shapes on a regular Google Maps view, as well as place icons for things like people, cars, water, and similar features. The customized map views can then be saved and referenced later, or even made available for the public to view and use. Well, now Brian Cornell of Google has built a version of My Maps for the Android software platform that everyone can use while on the road. Now it is possible to build a …

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