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Articles tagged "google maps"
Use Online Maps For Anything But What They're Actually For: An Interview with Bob Egan of PopSpots
A while back I wrote about "famous album covers as seen on Google Maps":http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/11/18/eleven-seminal-album-covers-as-seen-with-google-street-view; it gave the Internet something it craved: something nostalgic packaged in some…
Even in 3D, Google's New Map is Underwhelming
They look like cut-scenes from the next installment of Grand Theft Auto. It’s not. This is Google Earth, reimagined in glorious real-time 3D, available soon on your mobile phone. It’s Google at its finest, another earnest step in the company’s quest…
What Happens When You Delete Your Street from Google Maps?
It's true, guys: We're living in the Golden Age of crowd-sourcing our information. With the recent announcement that the age-old cornerstone of academic fact-finding, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, will "soon be out of print":http://www.reuters.com/ar…
How the Internet Got April Fooled, a Greatest Hits
If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I suggest heading over to Google Maps right now and selecting the "8-Bit Quest Map" option. Note that, "Your system may not meet the minumum requirements for 8-bit computations." It's worth exploring a bit;…
Streetview Stereographic is Warping Google Maps
Until now, I’ve almost exclusively associated hyperbolic fish-eye visuals with the stuff of machine elves and shitty skateboarding videos. But no longer - I’ll be damned if a new hack on Google Maps isn’t already letting me ride out this balmy Friday…
Getting Lost, Even With a Map
That street on your map app that isn't there is probably not a mistake
