Maps have been an integral part of our lives since ancient times. The Sumerian Empire maps dating back to 5,000 B.C. are proof that humans have long tried to make sense of their surroundings and chart ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. When we talk about “geocoding” we most commonly refer to textual ...

The Google Geocode API allows your business to make use of the global information available on Google Maps by converting street addresses into geographic coordinates to place markers on Google Maps.

Management was talking about wanting to identify customers by (basically) looking at a map and drawing a box around a given area, then seeing all the customers we have inside said box.<BR><BR>Once we ...

It’s not that a big surprise anymore, after Reuters earlier reported that Amazon teamed up with Nokia for mapping services, but to my knowledge the Finnish smartphone and mobile software maker has ...

Nokia and Microsoft have been partnered closely on Windows Phone smartphones for a while now. The two companies partner on more than smartphones alone. Those other partnerships include working ...

Before Google Maps and smartphones, people used printed maps, often from a site called MapQuest. What's happened to the ...

One way to kick up your local search optimization game is through beefing up the local signal through images. There are a few techniques for doing this — read on for details. Incorporating images as ...

Bing Maps is to receive a welcome boost courtesy of Nokia as the latter's traffic information and geocoding algorithms are integrated into the mapping service. For those who don't know, geocoding is a ...

On Monday it was a grand theft auto and two robberies, on Tuesday two more robberies and four aggravated assaults. By Friday the toll had risen to 39 major crimes. And, according to the Los Angeles ...