Google Street View is a powerful tool that many people and travel companies use day to day to discover more about a location using on-street images and navigation.
Travel search and the mega map mashup
March 18, 2011 By 4 Comments
Fascinating overhaul of standard search tools on a travel site with the launch of a new system for UK-based camping and holiday park service PitchUp.
Skobbler aims to take mobile mapping fight to Google
December 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
Berlin-based map app service Skobbler wants to grab a share of the offline mobile map market before the other web giants wade in with their own connection-free platforms.
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Ultra-modern Old School maps for mobiles
December 20, 2010 By 2 Comments
Something for the map purists, maybe? The Cartographer is a mapping and trip planning service that combines Google Maps with a traditional view.
Google and the difficult decisions it faces for local business listings
December 9, 2010 By 6 Comments
Demonstrating the latest local advertising search features at LeWeb 2010 in Paris this week, Google used scenarios that raise questions on relevancy and accuracy of travel-related search results.
Check before you leave – live webcams on Google Maps
December 7, 2010 By 2 Comments
There are a number of destination webcam sites dotted around the web – but very few where the webcam viewer is contained with a Google Map.
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Google Maps with hotel prices and date search now running in the UK
December 3, 2010 By 9 Comments
A few months after the US fully rolled out the project, users in the UK can now search for hotel prices and availability on Google Maps.
Why Google Places needs more than just a few tweaks
December 2, 2010 By 3 Comments
In the last month, well documented changes to the Google search engine results pages have introduced “Places” results to the listings.
Sim City-type map with live hotel prices, booking and chat
October 5, 2010 By 4 Comments
While some sites are concentrating on integrating Google Streetview and other pieces of eye candy for users, here is one site that wants to do everything.
Point a phone in the air and get details on every aircraft in the sky
September 20, 2010 By 1 Comment
It appears to be the dream device for every plane spotter – a smartphone application that uses augmented reality to track and display details of aircraft as they pass overhead.
