At one time a paper map was the best tool for navigation and could be used for years, maybe even decades. Not so today. Especially at local resolutions, map data and details can change in the course ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. With the release of Google Maps’ new gaming API last month, it is ...

Google is launching a new collaboration with location intelligence company Esri that will provide new advanced mapping technology. The collaboration, announced on Monday, will give Esri access to ...

Whenever I want to avoid work, Google Maps is my go-to. The point is not to hunt for a bite to eat or plan a trip—it’s pure entertainment. I glide over a digital rendering of the Earth, spin it like a ...

Most people today use Google Maps to find local schools, malls, and the closest Starbucks, according to this year’s Google Zeitgeist, which catalogs the top searches of 2011. But there was more to ...

Who doesn’t love Google Maps? The Maps Android app helps those of us with oatmeal for brains find our way anywhere, without having to fire any neurons or exercise any synapses. It even helps us find ...

Google will soon update its maps to say the "Gulf of America" instead of the "Gulf of Mexico" in the U.S. But that won't be the case for users all over the world. In a series of social media posts, ...