Millions of drivers use Google Maps for driving directions, but it can also save parking spots. Both Maps and Waze (a Google company) can store your car's location using satellite technology and help ...

CoMaps is community-driven, open-source, transparent, and the developers aren't concerned with making a profit. The app is fairly new (just hitting Google Play Store and the Apple App Store around ...

Hydrographic maps reveal subsurface features with the potential to hold fish, though the degree to which they do depends ...

One of the most underrated ways Google Maps makes commuting less stressful is that it reroutes in real time. For instance, it ...

Sam Hashemi is confronting one of life’s great quandaries with a map. “I have an 18-month-old kid, so for the first time I’ve been thinking about schools and where we should live and should we buy a ...

There's a specific kind of guilt that comes from being a privacy-conscious Android user. You buy the hardware, you aggressively debloat the device (or even root it), and find polished open-source ...

An interactive map made using GIS showing the rise in fuel prices by percentage displayed where they occur by major highway networks. Maps like this enable us to visualize socioeconomic challenges in ...

Thankfully, there’s now a Power Saving Mode in Google Maps. It allows you to activate a black-and-white, full-screen overlay on your always-on display. When enabled, lock your phone during navigation, ...

In the age of Google Maps and GPS, which can dictate the exact turns you'll need to navigate an unfamiliar city, are paper maps obsolete? "I just don't think that's even remotely true," said author ...

National Geographic cartographers fill a key map gap on the North American Continental Divide and pay tribute to the Father of American Mapmaking A portion of the Trails Illustrated Wind River Range ...

Apple Maps and Google Maps have both recently undergone major updates. AppleInsider takes a look at both, and examines which changes might shift which platform you want to use. Google Maps has been ...