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You Can Use Google Maps To Find Faces Hidden In The Earth

It’s nearly impossible to gaze up during the day without spotting sort of cloudy, billowing face staring back at us. But rarely do we get the opportunity to see the faces we so casually trample right beneath our feet. Now, a new program by Onformative is giving us a bird’s eye’s view of every facial landform on Earth.


Apple Maps Is Getting Better

So we spent a lot of our time late last year hating on Apple Maps. The global shaming of the product forced an apology out of Apple and work began on making it better. After being the butt of many navigational jokes over the last few months, Apple Maps is finally getting better. Check these out.


How Google Maps Helped A Chinese Abductee Find His Family

Over 23 years ago, Luo Gong — just five years old at the time — was on his way to kindergarten in the Sichuan region of China, when he was abducted and taken over 1609km to Fujian in the southeast. But now, he’s used the power of internet to find his family again.


New Google Maps Hands-On: Maps Have Never Been This Cool

Amongst the the deluge of new stuff Google announced today, there was a rather large update to Maps. We just spend some time putting our hands all over it. The verdict? You’re in for a treat.


Guess Where You Are In The World With Google Street View

Think you know your geography? Think you know what a country looks like? What if you were dropped in the middle of no where and had to figure out where you were? That’s what GeoGuessr is. It’s an insanely fun game that gives you an image from Google Street View and asks you to point out where you are on Earth. It’s pretty hard.


Is This The New Google Maps?

Google is supposedly working on a redesign of Google Maps that’ll kill the all familiar sidebar and replace it with a full screen map. It’s a cleaner look that already makes the current constricted layout seem dated.


Whoa, Did Google Maps Just Reveal A Gruesome Murder?

Google Maps, the all-seeing eye that can find naked pranksters, possible donkey hit and runs, people have sex in public and other more serious crimes, may have just stumbled upon a bloody crime scene. The image shows what looks to be two people dragging a corpse and leaving a bloody trail on a pier.


A Brief History Of The Google Maps Pegman

You might not think of him very often, but you know the Google Maps pegman quite well. Every time you zoom down into a new, strange locale, he’s there, pointing the way. But where did he come from? Buzzfeed FWD dug into the history, and it turns out there’s a lot more of it than you’d think.


US Court Rules That Checking Maps On Your Phone While Driving Is A Bad Thing

So, we all know that we shouldn’t text while driving. But in case you thought that checking Google Maps was acceptable, a Californian judge has made it clear that isn’t the case.


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