Posted by Nicole Locklear, Channel Marketing Specialist at NexTraqEditors note: Today’s guest blogger is Nicole Locklear, Channel Marketing Specialist at NexTraq. NexTraq is a GPS fleet tracking company headquartered in Atlanta that helps business ow…
Posted by Thor Mitchell, Product Manager, Google Maps APIIn April 2010, 89 million U.S. households returned a census form in which they answered ten basic questions. Once collected, aggregated, and published, the 2010 U.S. census provided rich insights…
Posted by Daniel Schramm, Associate Product Manager Intern, Google Maps APIEvery day people rely on maps to help them make purchasing decisions. Location matters for everything from choosing a restaurant for dinner, to picking the perfect home. It’s …
Posted by Dan Cohen, Google Earth Pro TeamWe would like to share the new features available in the latest release of Google Earth Pro. Version 6.2 delivers a better user experience with improved imagery rendering and enhanced search. Improved Renderin…
Posted by Natasha Wyatt, Google Earth and Maps for Business TeamToday we announced changes to the data that powers Google Maps API Premier, Google Earth Builder and Google Earth Pro in the UK, Germany, Sweden and Finland.Among other improvements, the u…
Posted by Dylan Lorimer, Google Earth and Maps for Business Product ManagerSince 2008, Google has worked with GeoEye to publish millions of square kilometers of satellite imagery to Google Earth and Maps users. In addition to the imagery the company s…
Posted by Coleman Rusnock and Dan Cohen, Google Earth Pro teamWe are pleased to announce the newest release of Google Earth Pro! Version 6.1 focuses on user experience improvements that empower professionals to make faster geographic-related business d…
Rahul Sood, Enterprise Director of PartnershipsToday, all types of businesses rely on geographic information to make better decisions about their customers, products and processes. As part of our ongoing effort to make geographic information accessibl…
Posted by Clay Maffett, The Google Earth Pro TeamGoogle’s users have always found creative and inspiring ways to get the most out of our products. The Google Earth Pro team is reminded of this daily as we speak with companies across industries aroun…
(Cross-posted on the Lat Long Blog) Editors note: The Google team encounters fun and new ways of using the Google Earth and Maps API. Here’s an example of how a century old educational map and globe publishing company realized more students wanted to…
Editor’s note: Today’s guest blog authors are Rick McMullins, VP and CTO bitHeads, inc. andElaine Yim, Senior Product Manager, Rent.com, to talk about the use of Google Maps API Premier in the Rent.com mobile application. Rent.com is the nation’…
(Cross posted from the Google Lat Long Blog)We’re excited to announce a new addition to the Advanced Measurement Tool Suite in Google Earth Pro: you can now measure in 3D!Pro customers recently ranked Area Measurement as one of the most valuable Goog…
Editor’s note: From time to time, the Google Earth and Maps Enterprise Team likes to show off our users who have created useful and timely applications with our products. Marty Kitrell, from the Information Technology Laboratory of the US Army Engi…
Today we announced changes to the data that powers Google Maps features like the map tiles, geocoding, and driving directions. These changes can be seen in many countries in Europe, Africa and the Pacific: AustraliaAustriaBelgiumDenmarkLiechtensteinNet…
Editor’s note: From time to time, Google likes to highlight partners and customers who have developed interesting and unique applications using our products. Peter Rossiter is a founder and CEO of Integeo, a company whose product leverages Google Maps …