* This post originally stated that Google added 700 trillion pixels of data to its satellite map layer. In fact, it analyzed 700 trillion pixels of data to create a 1.5-trillion-pixel final product.

Australia has asked Google to remove pictures on its Maps service taken from the top of Uluru, the sacred Aboriginal monolith that visitors were banned from climbing last year.

Google’s historical collection of location data has got it into hot water in Australia where a case brought by the country’s Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has led to a federal ...

Why Australia has taken on Google and what this means for the future of the internetSYDNEY — A showdown between the Australian government and Google is approaching a conclusion, with the outcome ...

To start your map you need a list of the street addresses that you want to plot on the map. Then head to Google Docs and sign up if you haven’t done so already — it’s free. Google Docs provides you ...

Acting NSW Police Commissioner Peter Thurtell said there were "grave fears" for another person missing in floodwaters. Here is the extent of the flood-affected areas shown in three maps.