Millions of South Africans live in so-called “informal” housing, often built illegally and with minimal infrastructure. The absence of official addresses is a constant obstacle among the many daily ...

The US Justice Department has picked up speed on an antitrust probe of Google Maps to determine if bundling the service together with other Google software illegally stifles competition.

I tested it out on my Google Map app - and indeed it worked - pointing me directly to one of the doors. Despite the unarguable logic of this or any address system, Mr Suso and Mr Sowe told me they ...

One of Africa's Big Five countries is shown on world maps to be half the size it actually is, while a small European country appears to be double its real area. World maps show country sizes to be ...

says Freddie Mbuya He says global technology companies don't have the incentive to map to a local scale in rural Africa, which would be time-consuming and costly. "Google and Apple maps do not ...

Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection of the Earth, are showing countries to be inaccurate in sizing. Some ...

When it comes to travelling efficiently, mobile apps like Google Maps, simplify navigation across South Africa, 46% of online adults reported using Google Maps to look for public transportation ...

In the past Google Maps ... South Korea don’t have Street View coverage, nor does mainland China. Still it’s in a lot of places. Accessing it is easy, and all you have to do is change the map ...

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Google Maps New Features: Three significant new features have been added to Google Maps to enable users to explore the globe ...

Google Maps is heading down a new road steered by artificial intelligence. The shift announced this week will bring more of the revolutionary AI technology that Google has already been baking into ...

Google Maps' Offline maps feature lets you select an area of the map, and download all the available data within it. Previously you could save individual routes, though this no longer appears to ...