Five years ago, the most sophisticated in-car navigation system displayed roads and street names, using GPS to locate a vehicle within a few yards and provide mostly reliable turn-by-turn driving ...

Google Maps now gives users the ability to measure the distance between two or more locations simply my placing markers down on a map. The feature, available only in Maps on the web for now, lets ...

Almost every self-driving car team makes use of pre-computed maps, combined with what their sensors see, to help them understand the road and drive correctly and safely on it. Tesla is a rare ...

Developing self-driving cars is about more than teaching computers when to accelerate or brake. Autonomous driving systems need to be programmed with an untold number of behavioral cues that human ...

When you drive as much as I do testing out all the best electric cars around, getting directions from a reliable navigation app is crucial. It’s the difference between being on time and looking fresh ...