3 course dinners? 3 easy steps to let your customers know.
Restaurant weeks, when restaurants across a city host prix fixe menus, are starting in various parts of the world so we wanted to share a few tips whether you’re looking for restaurants or you manage a restaurant.For interested diners, finding the top …
New countries, new countrysides in Street View
When people visit the UK, they often head for the often the historic buildings that are dotted all over the country. Whether well preserved ruins or perfectly complete, these buildings and landscapes evoke scenes from classic novels and famous period m…
Before their winter break, a group of students from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn visited the New York Public Library to see the Library’s exhibition Candide at 250: Scandal and Success, an exhibit that traces the history of Voltaire’s class…
If you’re a local business owner, we’ve just added two new features that can help you reach existing and potential customers even more effectively on your business’ Place Page. Both of these features are available by claiming your business through Goog…
Haiti imagery layer now available
We’ve worked closely with GeoEye throughout the afternoon to make their most recent satellite imagery of Haiti, taken at approximately 10:27am EST today, available as a KML overlay for Google Earth. You can download the KML here and open it in Google E…
Imagery & maps in the wake of the Haiti Earthquake
Update (7pm): The layer is now available — see more details in this post.Yesterday a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, causing significant destruction and devastation. Since then, we’ve received numerous requests from relief organizations and our…
Finding your way in 18 new countries
In certain parts of the world, getting around is a challenge. Not only are cities in emerging economies evolving rapidly, oftentimes there are no online services to help people navigate.One of the most requested features on Google Maps in Asia and East…
Latin America Mapping Competition Winners
When we launched the Latin America Mapping Competition at Campus Party in Mexico City on November 14, 2009, we weren’t sure what to expect. This was Google’s first ever mapping competition, after all. When the competition closed on December 15, 2009, …
Find us at the National Retail Federation Big Show in NYC next week
Shoppers are increasingly turning to Google.com and Google Maps to find, learn about, map, and get directions to retail locations. We offer several tools that help retail businesses connect with these shoppers, such as Local Business Center to make sur…
Shaking things up
At around 10:00am in Mountain View, our building shook. Really shook. Coming from the Midwest, earthquakes have always intrigued me (I wondered things like: Does it really feel like you’re standing next to a freight train? Answer: Yes). So being the ea…
Google Map Maker Ambassadors — party on!
All around the world, our Google Map Maker users have been in high-gear over the past six weeks, becoming Map Maker Ambassadors by organizing local events to spread the word about how people can map the places they know and love. Supported by Google, t…
We’re really excited about today’s launch of Nexus One. The device is the newest phone to run on the Android platform with Google Maps for mobile pre-installed, and the app has never run better. Nexus One has a super fast 1GHz processor and feels as fa…