A book called “360 Degrees Longitude” is about a family of four who decided to spend a year traveling around the world. The book documents their journey – but, I’m especially intrigued by their use of ...

The Earth is round. Now it looks that way on Google Maps. A WHOLE NEW WORLD. Google Maps now offers a refreshing new angle of Earth. That is: a more accurate one. Google recently announced that its ...

Google's one billion Maps users should start to see sharper and more detailed images of Earth after the search company sifted through nearly a petabyte of NASA's latest satellite imagery to find the ...

Google Maps can now show 360 views of the outside of some famous buildings and places. This gives some sort of aerial 360 view of the building in a video-like format in Google Maps. I assume this ...

Several years ago, Google engineers figured out a way to stitch together satellite imagery to remove clouds, giving Google Earth and Google Maps users a better and more comprehensive view of the ...

Most people today use Google Maps to find local schools, malls, and the closest Starbucks, according to this year’s Google Zeitgeist, which catalogs the top searches of 2011. But there was more to ...

Ever since we discovered Earth was round, mapmakers have struggled to create a map that accurately shows our planet in 2D. Most notably, Africa always ends up appearing far smaller than it actually is ...

As casual photographers continue to flock to smartphones for everyday photography, camera makers are increasingly looking for unique ways to sell their wares. Back in 2013, Ricoh hit on a truly unique ...