How did Google map the whole country? Did they drive every road? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand ...

Google's Street View cameras haven't changed significantly in 8 years, and that's a problem when the technology world most certainly has. How is the company supposed to fulfill its AI ambitions ...

The Google Maps team is one of the most data-hungry groups in the world, and now they're driving a big, mobile 3D scanner up and down the roads. What they do with it is anyone's guess.

Meanwhile, Google Maps has well over 1 billion monthly users. The second, newer layer is the fleet of ride-share vehicles. There are an estimated 45,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in San Francisco ...

Underneath, map details allow users to overlay transit, traffic, and bicycling information. Unlike how all other UI elements disappear when taking Google Maps full screen, the layers FAB remains ...

People look up at the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017, as captured by Google Street View. (Image credit: Google) Check out the map below to search for your own landmarks; a drive on the ...

A cool free tool creates a heat map of your Google Maps movement data in no time at all. You can immediately see where you spend most of your time and where you rarely go.