Search Engine Land

Create Custom Driving Directions With Google Maps Maker

The Google LatLong Blog announced that you can now create your own custom driving directions in Google Map Maker. This comes in handy when Google Maps is missing roads, is mistaken on directions or if ...
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biking directions

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrS9AVPUMFQ&feature=youtu.be] Today on the Official Google Blog, VP of Google Maps and Earth Brian McClendon announced Google ...
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Calling all Kiwis! Map Maker and Cycling Directions

From the beaches of Goat Island and the slopes of Mount Eden to the hallowed soil of Eden Park, New Zealand is filled with both natural and man-made wonders. Today we're bringing two new features to ...
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Google Maps adds Street View imagery for 150 university campuses, expands turn-by-turn, biking directions, & Map Maker globally

New Zealanders are also getting new access within Google Maps with the roll out of both Map Maker and Biking directions in the region. However, perhaps the biggest update today comes with new Street ...
Los Angeles Times

Introducing Print map maker, a tool for generating basemaps

The Los Angeles Times is releasing “Print Map Maker” as an alternative method for building print locator maps and using the same technologies that power modern web maps. Simple print locator maps are ...
TechCrunch

Google to shut down Map Maker, its crowdsourced map editing tool

Since 2008, Google has run an online tool called Map Maker that allows anyone worldwide to contribute data to Google Maps. Now, that tool is shutting down. The company announced today in its online ...