On the Google Lat Long Blog, Google Maps Software Engineer Larry Powelson announced the addition of new mobile biking directions and navigation to the Google Maps for Android app. Ten countries have received new biking directions including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK.
Android Market has just announced the availability of the new version of Google Maps 5.9 for Android phone. Google Maps has been become a popular application since it has many useful features for a mobile person. If you have Android 1.6 installed on your system then you are ready to upgrade your Google Maps installation to [...]
I have developed a mobile application that uses Google Maps Android API v1, and I plan to port it to the recent Google Maps Android API v2, as recommended by Google.
However, my application also targets Android 2.1 devices, and I cannot figure out whether the v2 Maps will run on such devices.
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can someone help me how can I make my phone's display flash, if I got an incoming call?
I read this in another topic, and it really got me. I wonder if it's really possible to do and how:
"4. If I totally lose my phone I can send a "Find my phone" text message and it will text me back with GPS coordinates.
Rejoice, Windows Phone users: your daylong Google Maps crisis will soon be over.
After causing quite a kerfuffle the other day by effectively blocking some Windows Phone users from accessing Google Maps in-browser, Google has released a statement (obtained by The Next Web) clarifying its rationale and promising that it would soon fix the issue.
“IE mobile still did not offer a good maps expe
Indoor mapping should see a huge boom over the next year and Google Maps will most likely lead the way. They just added indoor maps and walking directions for 22 popular U.S. museums. You can now plan your route from exhibit to exhibit, including floors. All you have to do is open Google Maps on your Android phone or tablet and search for the museum that interests you.
Google Maps crashes on me when I use Google Navigation now. Maps is also acting funny even when not navigating. My phone is stock with basic apps and I have never had any issues like this with Android.
Please post up if your Google Navigation and Maps work as they did with ICS.
If nobody is having problems I am going to have Verizon replace my phone.
Yesterday Google released an update to the Google Maps for Android app to make it more useful. Perhaps the biggest change involves syncing between mobile devices and the desktop browser version of Google Maps. When signed in to Google Maps with web history enabled, you will get search and directions history synced to your mobile device.
Apple is launching iOS 6 today and one of the changes that will likely spark a lot of discussion is the new Maps app that does away with Google Maps and replaces it with Apple’s own (and by most accounts inferior) mapping solution. Google, of course, isn’t sitting still, and as the New York Times reports, Google Maps for Android is set to get an update later today.
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