Today we’ve updated our Ocean Expeditions layer in the Ocean folder in Google Earth. Each ship icon represents the most recent post from either a live expedition or one within the last 6 months (look for the yellow-filled ship icon) or the post from th…
One of my favorite places in Korea is the Insa-dong art district. Whenever I have guests I take them there to show off Korean traditional goods and galleries, but now I can show all my overseas friends and coworkers Insa-dong as well as many other tour…
Last week I was in Anaheim, CA as a new partner with Sysco’s iCare program, helping restaurant owners claim their Google business listings with Local Business Center. One interaction that really stuck out in my mind was with Geof Gaines who owns Coffee…
Now that I’ve lived in San Francisco for almost a year, I’ve hit most of the big tourist attractions, but still don’t quite feel like a local. There are still plenty of neighborhoods I’ve yet to explore, a list of restaurants I’m still dying to try out…
When we released Google Earth 5 earlier this year, we packed it full of amazing new features. We opened up two-thirds of the planet to exploration by letting you dive into the oceans; with historical imagery, we added the ability to go back in time to …
Seasonal floods are currently affecting West Africa. Senegal, Niger, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Mali, Liberia and Guinea are all experiencing significant damage to infrastructure and agriculture due to heavy rainfall causing floods in nu…
My wife and I were planning a trip to visit a friend in Pasadena for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. We’ve been hearing about the huge Station Fire burning in the nearby hills, and have been diligently searching for maps and news with the latest update…
[This post kicks off an ongoing series highlighting members of the Map Maker community. - Ed.]Name: Leonel John Foronda (Leonel)Day job: PhysicianRegion mapped: PhilippinesWhen asked about Google Map Maker, 32-year-old physician Leonel John Foronda com…
Finding a business with Street View just became easier. For example, if you search for “thai restaurants near mountain view” on Google Maps, and click on a search result, a bubble pops up with various links, including a link to “Street View”.You can cl…
Commuters have long relied on traffic sites to help them determine their last-minute path around poor traffic on the highway. But if the traffic looks bad on the highways, you’ll probably want to know how it looks on the alternate routes through arteri…
Recently, three Googlers visited Camp Roberts near Paso Robles in central California. The exercise, organized and hosted by the Naval Postgraduate School, brought tech companies together with testers to collaborate on disaster relief, humanitarian aid,…
Google Map Maker (mapmaker.google.com) is now open for editing in Mexico. Mexico joins an impressive list of Latin American countries spanning much of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Combined with the launch in Eastern Europe earlier…
Along with the new countries added to Street View, I’m particularly excited to be launching some imagery from our Street View Partner Program. It’s been a blast to work with a wide range of exciting partners so it’s great to now showcase some of their…
Since the first launch over 2 years ago, the feedback I hear most often from users – and, in fact, members of my own family – around the world is “When will Street View be available where I live?”. For those of you in Taiwan, Portugal, and Switzerland …
Earlier this year, we launched a new Google Maps feature embedding user-contributed photos into Street View. The new way of browsing photos has recently been enhanced with photo-to-photo zooming, which lets you explore some of the world’s most interest…