Since it opened in June 2008, Google Map Maker has served as a platform for individuals to share more about their part of the world. This has significantly enhanced access to mapping data of historically under-mapped regions of the world. We’re now exc…
A new look for Google Transit maps
At the beginning of last year, the Google Maps team launched the Transit Layer, showing the layout of public transportation networks on top of the map in over 50 cities worldwide. Since then, we have grown our coverage to nearly 450 cities and added m…
Mapping new drinking water sources in Haiti
We have all heard how the earthquakes in Haiti have uprooted millions of people, with many of them displaced from their homes in Port-au-Prince to the rural areas.charity:water is a non-profit organization working tirelessly to bring clean and safe dri…
Today our esteemed team of physicists from Google are proud to announce that they have discovered an extra dimension in our universe. And like other groundbreaking discoveries of black holes, superheros, and space ships, this one was also made by using…
Enjoy March while it’s still cold
The last day of March is typically the warmest day of the month. Today, scientists at Climate Central are launching a new interactive Google Map, which allows you to view areas of future freezing in the month of the March in the U.S.The map shows high-…
Planning your public transit ride doesn’t have to be a drag
Google Maps has allowed you to get public transportation directions in hundreds of cities around the world for a while now, helping you get to your destination without a car. But sometimes you’re not quite sure which destination to choose, and you wa…
Imagery update
We’ve just finished pushing out an imagery update for Google Earth and Google Maps, so check to see if any of your favorite places has gotten an update! You can view the updated areas highlighted in red below. Alternatively, you can download this KML f…
Find the places you care about in Google Earth
On March 19, we announced some changes to the Google Earth layers panel intended to make browsing easier (with more descriptive icons, including more than 40 different icons to indicate place types). We also made some changes to the way layers are org…
Visualizing Census form return rates
The US Constitution’s Article I, Section 2 requires a national census every ten years – and the time has come again in 2010. Accordingly, this month the US Census Bureau mailed 120 million forms to households nationwide, and completed forms have begu…
Experiment to show hotel prices on Google Maps
Google Maps is often one of the first stops travelers make to find and compare hotels. Today we started experimenting with a new feature, visible to a small portion of users, to help make that process even easier by showing specific prices for selected…
Last week, we announced several new locations added to Street View, along with existing areas updated. One area updated significantly was the United Kingdom. World renowned for its history, rolling green hills and quaint picturesque villages, the UK (a…
Google Earth is a great way to take a quick tour around your neighborhood or fly to your next holiday destination. Infomation about hotels, parks, mountains and other interesting places is available at your fingertips. You can check out the nearest bu…
Along with many other Googlers, the Geo team is descending upon Austin for South by Southwest! You can find us in a few different places:At the Google booth, we’ll be doing demos of Google Maps, as well as plenty of other Google products.In the Googl…
Street View of the old and new
Hong Kong and Macau have now joined the list of places you can visit with Street View. If peering up at dense, towering skyscrapers is your thing, you won’t want to miss Hong Kong, home to more than 7,000 of them. Take a look at this view of the Hong…
It’s time to bike
Over on the Official Google Blog, you can read a very, very exciting announcement: Google Maps now offers biking directions! As my teammate Shannon mentions in that post, we’ve been constantly asked when this feature will be made available. But as an e…