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It was just released today, it is insanely cool, and definitely must be added to this article ASAP! Hey guys thx for helping me get that new development history addition just right. I still can't figure out how google did it other than driving all over the place.
we need more info about Google Street View - i think it should have it own article --
Zayani
20:18, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm changing the phrase "provides 3D panoramic street-level views" to "provides 360° panoramic street-level views." You can move the point of view of the panorama around and take "virtual tours" of areas, but the views themselves are not stereoscopic and do not include 3D CGI. I can't find any references from Google saying that Street View provides 3D views. [1] [2] [3] I believe "3D" is being used incorrectly, whereas the panoramas are indisputably 360°. [4] I found five websites that say or imply that Street View is 3D but I believe they are also using the term loosely or incorrectly. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] If someone can find a authoritative reference saying Street View provides 3D views please revert this change.
My apologies for originally posting this in the wrong section. It was not an attempt at vandalism. 192.82.6.18 03:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't the article and text be changed to Google Local? This has been the official name since it lost its beta status. Even [10] is titled "Google Local". Andrewski 14:02, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Indeed, perhaps move "(for a time named Google Local)" way down the page. As at least I never heard of it. :-) Jidanni 11:01, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Do we really need the spam notice in the links section? We get maybe 2-3 undiscussed links added per week, not all are spam. And the links are generally removed within 24 hours. (Saying that because of my self-imposed 1RR limit on link cleanup. And that's 1RR per calander day, not 24 hour period, so I'll sometimes have 2 reverts within a 24 hour period. But if I've already cleaned up that day, I'll wait for the next day to clean up again. But I digress....) The Spam warning appears to be to solicit additional help to patrol the section. But I don't really see the need. Anyone see a good reason I shouldn't just drop the tag? (I'll not remove it for a day or two, at least, to give time for response) - TexasAndroid 14:55, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
I just removed the Seattle 911 example from the paragraph about mashups. I've never heard of it, but definitely aware of housingmaps.com and chicagocrime.org — both which received considerable press attention last spring [11]. Alexa rankings also support the decision.
Other two mashup sites mentioned in the news article (floridasexualpredators.com) and (mywikimap.com) — a cheapgas mashup, aren't as notable nor have the alexa traffic to justify mention in the Google Maps article. I also added inline links to housingmaps and chicagocrime, and a screenshot. - Aude ( talk | contribs) 17:01, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
Re. "Some areas are obscured for security reasons, like the United States Capitol, White House and other government facilities in Washington, D.C.."
I didn't check the Capitol and other facilities, but a quick check at http://maps.google.com/maps?q=White+House&spn=0.003546,0.008837&t=h&hl=en shows that the White House doesn't look very obscured. Am I missing something?
CConrad 18:22, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
I expect the WH does not get the same treatment as the USNO because people are going to want to look at the WH and its grounds, simply because its a famous building, the same reason why people would want to tour it. I guess the Capitol doesn't have quite as much of a following. But who wants to visit the USNO? The VP's residence? Who cares about the VP, we want the guy in charge! - Keith D. Tyler ¶ ( AMA) 22:10, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Capitol is no longer pixellated, and it seems to me that the White House is no longer obscured. - Joshuapaquin 23:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
There is still a needed section of the article. See [12] 128.220.159.1 15:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Creator of the Google Mapki here --- I would like to make sure that more people trying to use the Google Maps API and Google Maps are aware that there is a very active developer's base for the Google Maps API at http://www.mapki.com/. Would it make sense to add the link to this page's external links section? I'm interested in your comments. Thanks, Ian.
Why is the paragraph on Google moon written in the past tense? It creates a false impression that it's a thing of the past. Google moon is alive and well today. Maybe it was taken down and then brought back online? Alex.g 12:43, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I was just wondering what the rules were about using Google Earth/Maps on Wikipedia. Are they considered software/web site screenshots or are the satellite images copyrighted in such a way as they're not allowed? -- MacAddct1984 20:16, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
I have the same question as MacAddct1984. I too want to use a Google map for a Wikipedia article. I read the small print about copyright and it seems to allow non-commercial reproduction. However it would be nice to have a definitive answer before I spend time on this. By repeating the question, it might appear in someone's watchlist again. JMcC 17:10, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
How do you get detailed maps for China and Hong Kong on Google Maps, as the article claims? I can't find them if I zoom in there (using the Canadian servers). However, I can find satellite images for China and Hong Kong. Andrew_pmk | Talk 07:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm wondering the same thing as Andrew. Searches China or Hong Kong from the Canadian server return a message saying "We Currently Do Not Support The Location."
Just type in HK and you can view all the streets. I know because I'm looking at it right now.
New external link suggestion: http://ozanguven.com.tr/googlemaps/ It has a web application which help users to create Google Maps for their website easily, also it is a good start for the newbie Google Maps API users. OzzY 10:16, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Keep these, as they are redlinks?
Also, should Windows Live Local be added to that section?
- Keith D. Tyler ¶ 19:44, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Please add this link to external: http://explorer.altopix.com/ Fatganz 17:08, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I recommend that http://www.hotlinkimages.com be added to the external links list. It focuses on funny, interesting, and newsworthy images from Google Maps and also provides details of new Google Maps API applications available on the Internet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.242.36.58 ( talk • contribs)
Hello, I have a suggestion. One website that uses the google maps is http://www.antennasearch.com . It places all the locations of antennas, registered towers, and non-registered towers on a google map. Heyhello123 17:14, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
I have a recommendation for an external site. http://www.bigflamingo.com is a totally free Google Maps implementation website to list and find yard sales. People do not even need to register to use the site so it is free in that regard too.
I'd like to see a website outside of the US featuring on the Google Maps external links. I propose http://www.thebigeat.com as pretty much the first UK site to effectively combine data on a large scale which is the real benefit of Google Maps as a development tool. There are several other UK based sites but they really don't demonstrate the versatility of the system. Kind regards, 81.10.111.243 18:29, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Dave Roberts
Hello - I've developed a hotel mapping application using Google Maps API v2 together with PHP and MySQL (datasource for hotels) that pinpoints over 23000 hotel locations in more than 5000 US cities. By default, I've chosen to display the hybrid map view. The hotel map directory is available to viewers as a stand-alone "site" at http://hotel-map.4hotels.us/ or as a cross-link from the city as featured on http://www.4hotels.us/. I'd like to get your opinion on including this as a link to a sample Google Maps online app. Thanks (oh, I'm jclayc) 14:17 7 Sep 06
Hi, I began a very large collection of locations : Paris, Egypt, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka and many other countries. It is possible to add the link below on the external link page ?
Hello, I hope I am not imposing, but have a request to consider Hotel Maps USA. After two years of unemployment (35 years systems analyst background-job outsourced overseas) and over a year of tremendous night and day effort to teach myself newer technologies, I have created 17,000 maps of hotels and attractions for cities across the USA and Canada. They are quite relevant as reference material to travel, tourism, and an example implementation of the Google Maps API. There are places such as St Paul MN for the 2008 Republican National Convention, and many maps of speedways, and drag strips. Hotel Maps USA also includes an address finder. You are linking to some huge companies that are very hard for one impoverished person to compete with, so any break you can give me is very appreciated.
ladybiker 01:00, 16 November 2006
Hotel Maps USA is an example of a one-person Google Maps project, which has refined processes to create, and update, a multitude of interactive maps, without relying on location marker input by external multiple users. In its' first year, 2006, 17,000 maps were created for cities and places of interest throughout the USA and Canada. Each place of interest, when added to the database, generates a new map, centered and zoomed to the specific location. Each new map automatically includes markers for other nearby places of interest, and nearby cities and towns.
ladybiker 04:54, 21 November 2006
Typically, massive volumes of maps, and/or the placement of markers on maps, have been created by either relying on the input of hundreds or thousands of users, or a well-funded department within a corporation. This application of the API is atypical, because it resulted in a high-volume of nice maps by one individual, constrained by a shoestring budget. If other individuals of limited resources have already produced such good results on such a massive scale, I don't know of them. I consider my work to be an example of the application of the Google maps API within a burgeoning cottage industry, which can produce a level of results which were previously achieved only by well-funded corporations. Thank you for your considerations. ladybiker 13:47, 22 November 2006
Re: the recently added Google Maps API page...
I think most of the API page should be merged into a rewritten "Extensibility and customization" on this Google Maps article. The section here mostly deals with the pre-API hacks which are pretty much irrelevant now.
I take the term "Google Maps" to mean the "Google Maps API". Although there was originally a separate (beta-only) Maps page, the mapping service that Google provides is now called Google Local. Google Local just embeds the Google Maps interface and adds features on top (such as driving directions).
To clarify the distinction further a separate Google Local page could be created where we can move various Local-specific information, such as the competitor links.
- Shreddies 19:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
We have "List of interesting Google Maps satellite images" listed under "See also" and we have "List of images compiled by Wikipedia users" listed under externa links. Both of these take you to User:Joshuapaquin/List_of_interesting_Google_Maps_satellite_images. Why is this listed twice under both headings? - Aude ( talk | contribs) 20:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Google maps is often recognized for being not 100% accurate. It may pinpoint a 100 or so metre of the exact adress. We have been discussing whether this should be included in the article École Secondaire Catholique Garneau. Essentially when searching for the adress of the school in pinpoints virtually the same location as the MIFO. See the talk page for more info. My question is. Why is there no mention of this in the article. Has there never been any third account of this? Do we need a third account. THe facts are right there in front of. Pretty clear that google maps in this instance pinpoints the same buidling! Any comments. I would say leave it in the schools article because it is more important there (distinguishing the school from the MIFO. Cultural centre for French ontario!) Anyay. Any comments? -- 72.57.8.158 00:11, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Nevermind off by a hundred metres, a freaking island disappears... check out this, and then hit 'Map'. It is the same from any height. I am looking for somewhere to report the matter, anyone know anywhere? J Milburn 23:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
It looks like they've added (at least major) roads for Western and Central European countries. I don't know the exact date this feature went live, but it should be mentioned in the "Development" section. f(x)=ax 2 +bx+c 23:19, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I've heard conflicting stories that googlemaps has been created using imagery captured off planes and satelittes. I'm talking about the very high resolution views here, not the ones of the world :P Does anyone know any information about how the pictures were originally captured?
The Katrina imagery was stated to be satellite for sure, though. I'd say the majority of urban areas are satellite.
Meanwhile, the scattering of insanely-high-res photos in Africa (for example the fairly famous "man on camel looking up at camera" shot) were definitely aircraft (they are from a National Geographic project).
- Keith D. Tyler ¶ ( AMA) 06:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
For some reason, the North Pole is missing from Google Maps, although the South Pole is not. Perhaps this should be mentioned, given that the North Pole isn't exactly a minor feature of Earth's surface? - —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.100.8.71 ( talk • contribs) 17:16, 2 August 2006
EEmap.org-Chinese Google Maps mashup that allow people to share maps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.170.41.235 ( talk • contribs) 09:20, 13 September 2006
Japanese map data is apparently provided by Zenrin...-- Ranma9617 07:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Point 6 in the article lists: "Google's use of Google Maps: 6.1 Google Mars, 6.2 Google Moon, 6.3 Google Ride Finder, 6.4 Google Transit".
I would like to add 6.5: Google Maps Mobile. I'm not sure how old it is, but it appears that there's now a separate interface for Maps suitable for viewing on Java-enabled phones (Blackberrys and the like). Being that it's officially from Google, I think it is much more noteworthy than "Mobile GMaps" which is referenced at the bottom of the article -- Mobile GMaps is 3rd-party software, and not an official platform from Google.
Any thoughts? Chris 17:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Oops! The official URL for Google Maps Mobile is: http://www.google.com/gmm Chris 17:59, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone noticed that when you zoom really far into any place with high-res satellite imagery and set the view to "hybrid", the street map data is noticeably offset from the satellite imagery? -- Denelson 83 10:01, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Yea, I have. Streets appear in the river in my neighbourhood. The hybrid view is not particulary useful. --- J7n
Added a link to bidnearby.com, found from this NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/18/business/18money.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Eugene a 03:11, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Now you can have articles in wikipedia with google maps!!! Go to Media wiki goggle and install it! I have no seen any article yet but i cant wait!!!
I suggest that this section be converted into a table, having row represent each country columns represent service available: map, local business search, street level search, driving directions, and business center. -- Voidvector 05:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Just found out this google maps mashups resource, located at http://www.gmapsdirectory.com . Seems like they have a good collection of mapping mashups links. I would consider adding this website to the external links list. Papase 15:17, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Added to : Examples of web tools employing Google Maps section of the article This site is very simple, and finally create simple link(or button) to access the location on the map (named pharos), the final page created contains some extra information about the location such as :website,description,external image,title,tags,..
some samples of site results: [15] [16]
85.198.21.82 13:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
I thinks it is unique because it does not have a directory or any interface on any page for exploring, and just give a link to the user that created the Pharos to use this link on websites Another unique part of this job is u can view the satellite view and a normal view at once.
waiting for your answer...
85.198.21.82
17:12, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
No answer yet, so can i add that link again ? 85.198.21.82 04:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
FYI
The Comparible services section is supposed to be for other services similar to GE, not for links using GE. Yahoo and MS are good examples of things that should be in here. Instead, it was becoming a dumping ground because it was not being watched as closely as the external links section. I've cleaned out all the direct external links. IMHO a "Comparable Service" should at the least qualify for a WP project page here if it is to stay in the section, and thus the section should be all internal links. I'm also going to check the remaining internal links to make sure that they qualify for inclusion. - TexasAndroid 17:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I propose listing Hopstop as a comparable service. I live in Manhattan and find it the best service for finding routes by public transit. It seems to fit the definition of a Comparable Service to Google Transit. - Jds10 14:40, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Since I am loosely associated with the site (I moderate there), I should not revert the removal myself. But could one of the other regulars here please revert the removal of the Virtual Globetrotting link from the page? This link was in the set of links decied on quite a while ago to remain in the section. It has been removed without edit comment and without discussion. - TexasAndroid 04:23, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi there,
May I add www.mapshuttle.com as an external link to the "Examples of web tools employing Google Maps" section? This website is originally for my Web GIS Programming homework, and I think it also is a good demo of using Google Maps API to do user mash-up. Please let me know whether you would approve this or not.
Thanks ahead, Lailin, Idaho State University, GIS lab. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chenlailinatgmail.com ( talk • contribs) 07:18, 21 January 2007 (UTC).
Hi - I wish to propose www.shaded-relief.com as link from the Google maps page. I believe it is unique as it add a custom layer for the world to zoom level 9 (10 in progress) there are currently 200,000 custom tiles added which depict the world in shaded relief which I believe adds a new dimension to the map. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Costa20 ( talk • contribs) 12:59, 29 January 2007 (UTC).
Any comments - anyone think this is unique enough to be added as a link ?
I won't add the link myself, as it violates self-promotion rules. So, I'll let somebody else decide if my Google Maps Bookmarklet Generator is noteworthy enough to add to the links collection. -- Marumari 22:39, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have built a web page which allows to input travel itineraries and stories on Google Maps within my web site, so that others can search geographically for travel companions or read stories about places they will visit. May I include a link to travellersmeetingplace.com? This website has been live for about a month now (so it is relatively new).
In my opinion the site is unique as it is the only site which allows you to do geographic searches for travel itineraries, users or stories. The search for stories for example can be done on a street or block level or on a whole continent. The website is interactive (the user input and search for content). It also shows that using javascript you are able to write routines like painting rectangles on the maps and use them for obtaining coordinates for searches in databases, also a registered user can send messages to other users directly from within a google-maps-infowindow. If you have any further questions I would be happy to talk about them. Thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.218.157.116 ( talk • contribs)
I'm sorry, but I really don't see those as unique applications of the GMaps interface. You may or may not be the only place doing "searches for travel itineraries, users or stories", but there are other sites that do searches. So searching is not really unique, even if what you search for is. It's the application that really needs to be unique, not the subject, IMHO. - TexasAndroid 13:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I would like to add the www.estatemaps.info site for the following reasons :
If there are no objections I will humbly add the above site within 24hours. —The preceding www.estatemaps.info comment was added by www.estatemaps.info ( talk) 03:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC).
Traffic information has been integrated into GMaps. This info should be in the article. -- 68.239.240.144 02:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I was using the aerial photo feature of Google maps to look at an area that interests me and noticed that different buildings were taken from distinctly different viewpoints. Buildings that are near each other have very different perspectives, slanting up at you in ways that don't make visual sense. These are good shots so I'm not complaining, but the over-all image is a peculiar mix of perspectives. The different shots are knitted together perfectly so I can't see where they're joined. So I'm just wondering a few things: why would pictures from different satellite shots be combined at such a fine-grained scale, how were they compiled into a larger image, etc. If I could, I would include an example from the area that struck me but I don't see a way to add an image. Just enter "Millennium Hotel Minneapolis" in Google maps. Zoom in pretty close. Move the map so that the area you see is a bit north and west of the hotel. You'll start to see some of these anomalies. If anyone can tell me how to show an image, I can add it. Cc brewster 04:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Since only one point is directly below the camera, there is always some degree of "tilt". The amount of tilt increases toward the edge of each photo. The choice of how much tilt is acceptable is part of what determines the size of each "tile" to be mosaicked together. Much of the high-res imagery in google maps is made with airplanes rather than satellites, especially in the United States. Since airplanes fly much closer to the ground, the tile size of acceptable tilt is going to be relatively small. That's the basic answer. As to how the mosaicking is done -- a short answer is, painfully and slowly! Pfly 20:40, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Is there a way of showing the maps in the article itself instead of showing the screen shot either in SVG or PNG format. If so can some body add a map to Wikipeida?. I also wonder is there any other better solutions to show the maps in Wikipedia project. Thanks in advance.-- Umapathy (உமாபதி) 04:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
The article needs a paragraph as to why some areas - even in the UK (well, Northern Ireland) don't have an adequate satellite photograph. ( e.g. This is Omagh.) My guess is it to do with the terrorism laws from The Troubles, but it needs to be addressed in the article.-- Macca7174 20:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
This site lets people embed maps created using Google My Maps. The site also keeps a library of shared maps created using My Maps (each map is viewable on the site) and provides additional information about using My Maps. Seewhere.net 03:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
It would be nice to have some info on how the maps are colored. Some areas appear to be "real" color. Other areas appear to be either infrared or B&W photography with some sort of color added later. Does anybody have any info on how all this is done? Bin 07:35, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Even though Google 地图 says it has certain features half of them are not working. E.g. This link tries to map out a route between Beijing and Shanghai. It says something like "cannot calculate". -- Voidvector 06:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi everybody,
I recommend the web site Golf World Map (
www.golfworldmap.com) to be included in the External links section Websites collecting Google Maps aerial views.
Golf World Map distinguishes itself from other similar web sites by
Hremar 17:55, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I'd think that trekking across eastern Siberia and then swimming the Bering Strait would be a shorter route than going all the way across Russia and Europe, swimming the Atlantic, then crossing North America, but I guess Google doesn't have that route in its database. *Dan T.* 15:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it just me, or are there too many columns on this page? The biggest issue seems to be in the See Also section—in Firefox, at least, there is no space between the two columns. Should this be fixed? Insanity Incarnate 23:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files. I've trimmed the external links section severely (read: just Google Maps, its mobile version, and the Moon and Mars versions, as they are mentioned in the article); there's no reason to link to every bloody website just because they use or interact with Google Maps. EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:14, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
So, I'm showing off Google's street view from Hong Kong, and I notice it's unavailable. Is it just a temporary thing, or is it maybe unavailable for use for viewing NYC from China? Anyone have any info on this? |大家好| 218.254.148.205 06:52, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. How come when you zoom in to maximum on google moon, you get a weird image that looks like cheese, and should this be mentioned in the article? Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 20:47, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
I removed the following statement for using weasel wording and being unsourced. If someone can provide a source, please put it back in: "However, the definition of inappropriate content is not yet as comprehensive as some claim it should be." 68.146.47.196 13:01, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't someone mention draggable driving directions and the iphone? rabmny 02:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Country list is getting too long, suggest split. -- Voidvector 11:42, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
I could not find any mention of what's covered in this article anywhere in this article or on the list of Google products. I don't know whether it's actually been implemented yet, but it should probably be mentioned somewhere. - Mike Payne ( T • C) 20:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Should Google Mars and Google Moon have their own pages?
This would make more sense because people are really looking for both the "real" Google Mars and Google Moon and for Moon and Mars Overlays for Google Earth. Of course, we think ours is the best ( http://www.marsterritory.com/MarsSuperOverlay_new.kml), but NASA has some WMS sites that are also quite nice, in and of themselves.
Either way, we'd like to offer our web site and overlays as links for the topic or subtopic of Google Mars.
-Mars Territory —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marsterritory ( talk • contribs) 00:21, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 05:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I notice that some countries have more detailed maps than others.
This is particularly noticable in Map (as opposed to Satellite) view. For instance, Argentina is one big flat expanse of land with no city markers, whereas Uruguay and Brazil have considerably more detail. See [17]
Also, some countries have detailed areas, yet are mostly sparse. See this overview of Asuncion in Paraguay [18].
Also, the Chinese version of Google Maps, Ditu, has very detailed Chinese cities, whereas Google(.com) Maps only have a handful of cities and railroads, without much detail to them. Compare [19] and [20], the same Shanghai area, and the difference is immediately clear.
I'm guessing the first case is a matter of resources, the second a matter of completeness and the third a matter of censorship, but this is just my opinion. Regardless, I feel this should be reflected in the article. Please write your thoughts on the matter. -- 92.104.254.8 ( talk) 16:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
We don't have any links to developers' guides, so I nominate the Google Maps API Tutorial. Are there better resources? Adoniscik ( talk) 02:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
May want to incorporate this into the article:
Google Maps originated in Australia, with a company called Where 2 Technologies which was bought by Google in late 2004 and resulted in Google opening an office in Australia. - ITWire: Google Transit comes to Australia -- ozzmosis ( talk) 11:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
This statement from the article:
On November 28th, 2007, Google Maps for Mobile 2.0 was released. It introduced a GPS-like location service that does not require a GPS receiver. As of April 20, 2008, this service is available for Windows Mobile | Palm OS | Nokia/Symbian (S60 3rd edition only) | Symbian OS (UIQ v3)[8].
Is inaccurate. I am running Google Maps for Mobile 2.0 on my Blackberry which does not run any of the operating systems listed. (Blackberry is its own platform.) There is no Blackberry availability listed on cited URL, and I don't know what URL to cite to prove that I'm right. I hope some more experienced Wikipedia author can handle this. 198.105.0.4 ( talk) 20:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Additional
Is available too for Symbian^3 (like N8, C7, etc.) and Symbian S60v5 (5800, 5230, 5233, etc). Not only S60v3
"Street map overlays, in some areas, may not match up precisely with the corresponding satellite images."
Come on, this is a valid criticism of almost every digital map product ever made. How is this specific to Google Maps? 69.95.240.44 ( talk) 18:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Is any information available from Wikipedia's side on the new Wikipedia labels under the 'More...' button? Is this a cooperation between Google and Wikipedia, or was there contact between Google and Wikipedia on this, or is it a unilateral Google thing? And on the technical side: does anyone know how often Google refreshes its database (I changed some erroneous coordinates in some WP articles, but they haven't changed yet in Google), and how the data is collected (Coord templates? Only title coords or also inline coords?)? And why some labels are big and some small? Mtcv ( talk) 15:09, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I share the same curiousity with all questions mentioned, and have not yet found answers.
Lanma726 ( talk) 23:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
I have not been able to turn on geotagged Wikimedia Commons images in Google Maps. I've seen a few WC images when I've followed a link. I found one link somewhere that turned on ALL tagged WC images(way cool), but I haven't been able to find it again (does anyone know how to do this?). I share your curiousity also. Leon7 ( talk) 20:48, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I like to add a link to the Google Maps help Center at [21]. I think this would really help new Google Maps users, as it has helped me. -- Jsopher ( talk) 00:53, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
I've removed a criticism about a street name error at Donegall Square in Belfast. The Criticism section already mentions that map data can be incorrect; there's no need to add specific examples. -- Darthsco ( talk) 15:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
This term needs to be defined. I have no idea what it means. It seems to refer to the size of the smallest resolvable object. Google for this term reveals nothing except this same text, so obviously the term is not in common usage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.185.247.124 ( talk) 22:11, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
Does anyone know when the Google maps development team is releasing MORE than just satelite picks of Romania and Belarus. I mean google maps do not have detail level maps with streets etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.28.144.2 ( talk) 11:14, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
From the article: '"The technique of providing greater sparingly", preferring a hidden IFrame with form submission because it preserves browser history.' The main sentence is lacking a verb and there appears to be no attribution of the source for this quote. 81.183.219.192 ( talk) 18:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC) (Kevin Pfeiffer)
Ride Finder has been discontinued. The section should be removed. Proxy User ( talk) 03:05, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
I think there must be some information on the zoom level shown at the left bottm of the screen. Integrating the information into the article will surely help amateurs in measuring distances, if not necessarily accurately. Elncid ( talk) 10:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
The Link to RideFinder produces a 404 -- 91.19.17.175 ( talk) 01:58, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Single countries: Argentina, Australia*, Brazil*, Chile, China^, India*, Israel (and parts of the West Bank), Hawaii*, Hong Kong*, Japan*, New Zealand*, Russia* (Moscow area only) and Taiwan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.182.172.229 ( talk) 12:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
What latitude and longitude format is used by Google Maps? Can I enter d/m/s, i.e. 12 48N 126 39W or must I use dd.mmmss, i.e. 39.730139 -104.362617? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.127.102.113 ( talk) 02:11, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a major public university in Southwest Florida but is not listed as a map feature by Google. I have tried to contact the company about it but could not locate the info. 97.97.119.249 ( talk) 07:42, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Surely this is worth a mention: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/03/argleton-google-town-myst_n_343393.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.186.55.206 ( talk) 20:10, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Ok why is the example map at the top a map of Southern Ontario??
Rhetorical question -- I'll tell you why: because Wiki has been hijacked by a cabal of young Southern Ontario (I don't know what else to call them...) nerds. Whose sole purpose seems to be to artificially boost Southern Ontario, tricking Americans and other foreigners into investing there and continuing the insane population growth in Southern Ontario that doesn't make sense.
I'm sorry if I sound 'wonky' on this but I see it over and over. Like the Wiki article about the "GTA" and many others (as well as similar diatribes on Emporis), there seems to be this group of nerds living in their parents' basements in bungalows scattered throughout Etobicoke and Scarborough who have nothing better to do with their miserable lives except spend hours on Wiki, and similar sites, making Southern Ontario look good.
Never mind that Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec have been 100% artificially created by government dictatorship for over 200 years. What with the Staple Theory of economic development, a non-regional non-US type Senate, exploitation of natural resources, import tariffs, the Auto Pact, centralized bank laws, differential freight rates and preferential government procurement rules. The list goes on.
It's all a parasite/host relationship, where Southern Ontario-Southern Quebec are the parasites, and the natural resource rich hinterland of Canada -- representing 98% of its land mass, by the way! -- are the hosts. Think it's like that in America? Uh-uh. Check it out; do the math. You'll see.
I'm rather sick of these Southern Ontario stasi like nerds who seem to control every Canadian aspect of Wikipedia and now seem to be infiltrating non-Canadian sections as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atikokan ( talk • contribs) 05:30, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Trrolling or not, here's some historical info from an old GIS guy: The Southern Ontario data exactly agrees with the sample data that MapInfo made freely available for many years. For the longest time Map data was fabulously expensive, freely usable data rare, and anyone wanting to show how to do ANYTHING with map data was as likely to use this data as any other. Of course, you could argue that this just shifts the finger of blame to MapInfo... —Preceding
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By accident, I have found this to be true. However, I don't see any mention of this at Google - they still tell you to get a key, and imply that it is required. It would be nice to have some confirmation or reference to where Google states this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.68.32.159 ( talk) 20:29, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Through Google Labs, I found Google マップ - 地図検索 "See place names of the world in Japanese." -- Wavelength ( talk) 22:06, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
It is quite strange in the mobile phone section-- Mikespedia is on Wikipedia! 15:26, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
There is a possible error in the Criticism section.
"A further weakness is that date and time when the photograph is made are not available. If it were, it would be possible to determine the height of a tall structure by measuring the length of its shadow." may be inaccurate now.
At http://ask.metafilter.com/55794/Satellite-image-date-needed-from-Google-Maps the reply states: "Download Google Earth 4, find your target. Under Layers, expand 'Digital Globe Coverage. Starting from the most recent year, checking each box one at a time. One will overlap your area - zoom out and it will tell you the exact date the picture was taken."
I'm unable to verify this on the 'puter I am on right now. If someone would care to check, they could correct the criticism. Kid Bugs ( talk) 20:24, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I noticed last week when I was using google earth that in the bottom right of the screen it would say a date and month but it was changing based on my location. I figured out that it was dependent on where I put my mouse when I was at an appropiate zoom level. I assume the dates it was displaying were the dates the imagery was taken. I don't remember what layers I had on though. Doubtful it was many. --
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Mawdesky - situated near the village of Mawdesley, Lancashire This was probably the result of bad text recognition. The "le" was read as as a "k". Lent ( talk) 17:21, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
What's the official reason why North Korea is shown with exactly zero detail in map view ? No cities, no roads... nothing but a blank slate. As of 05/12/2010 it's the only country so displayed. Even during the Cold War, atlases had detailed maps of the Soviet Union. The satellite images of North Korea are of a high resolution but again there are no labels. I had to use the search function to even find Pyongyang. 76.113.104.88 ( talk) 08:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
This article states that "Yahoo! Maps lacks international support". In that case, what does it support? Poland? What does "international" mean? Does it mean "outside Botswana?" Does it mean "outside the United States?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.240.61.2 ( talk) 04:24, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Let's not confuse international and extranational/foreign (though many people do). International means "between countries". If the word was used properly, it presumably means that, say, Yahoo! Maps won't give complete driving directions if the destination isn't in the same country as the origin. On the other hand, if foreign was meant, then, yeah, it's too vague. — President Lethe ( talk) 03:56, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Could anyone confirm that GMM collects nearby WIFI-data (SSID and MAC address of AP) and send it to Google along with a GPS position (if the phone have this). I have heard this many places, and it is a very good idea but I think it could have privacy issues after seeing how much publicity the Google "war driving" is getting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.47.72 ( talk) 20:13, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
I saw the google car in Fredericton, New Brunsick. Is this relevant, or would i need a source? -- Frozen4322 Talk Stalk 14:31, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
To be perfectly blunt: no. Not relevant, not interesting. This is an encyclopedia, not Facebook or some guy's blog. Sorry to hurt your feelings but I seriously don't care if people have seen the Google car or not. That is not the kind of thing people turn to an encyclopedia for. 76.113.105.186 ( talk) 01:14, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Someone who knows how to do it, should add Mexico on the map on contiguous regions on Google Maps. I have tried myself, you can now search for directions in Mexico (and some other small places that are not very important like Turks and Caicos Islands). There are also some countries that in fact are only partially covered by the direction service in Google Maps, which is not reflected in the map. I suppose it is very difficult to change the map in this respect, but if not, then e.g. Svalbard (part of Norway) should not be yellow and parts of Peru (north and (north-)east) should not be blue. QuéSéYo2 ( talk) 06:21, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
It seems to me that this sections is not NPOV at all and requires a re-write. Not sure how to tackle it though. Tpv2066 ( talk) 22:10, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
It's not of by much but specifically: "Google Maps Navigation is free and this will have a major impact on the navigation industry. The drawback of Google Maps for Android is that an internet connection is required to get maps and related information from Google Maps, just like with iPhone’s Google Maps application. It may be possible for Google to circumvent the Internet requirement. A similar system is being developed for the iPhone"
How do we know its impact, yes shares fell, but I think it might be better phrased as: "Google Maps Navigation is free unlike most products navigation industry."
Tpv2066 ( talk) 18:38, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
n:Google Street View comes indoors 97.87.29.188 ( talk) 00:13, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
99.109.125.146 ( talk) 00:04, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
When you do this experiment on the Directions page of Google Maps, Enter in this:
From: Honolulu, HI, USA To: Seattle, WA, USA, you will see that they said that you have to kayak across the Pacific Ocean! The same things happen when you go from Hawaii, Japan, Australia, and North America to another of these cities or continents.
I dunno why this happen, it might be the fault of a Google staff.
google has relaesed a feature using google maps to edit places. you can move roads, define parking lots, and even add new roads where they are needed, just look ar their example in vietnem, please add that topic to article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.115.124.107 ( talk) 20:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
In the Google Transit section, the reference to a 20% project is not clear unless the reader is already familiar with Google's 20 percent time HR policy. 20% project should probably be a link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.170.24.210 ( talk) 22:02, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
şǓŪūȲȳŹǖū — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.164.36.165 ( talk) 06:29, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
mapmaker.google.com should be included somewhere in here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.109.31 ( talk) 19:38, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
There is no mention yet of Google Maps' "45 degree imagery" in satellite mode; since this appears to be in competition with Bing's Bird's-eye images, it's probably notable. See e.g. " Google Lat Long: Imagery Update: Tour sites around the world with high-resolution imagery" (November 16, 2012). Mapsax ( talk) 15:00, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
NEW MAPS : Is NYC a barren wasteland for the poor, punctuated with rare Oases of free public space ?
If you have money to spend, NYC is a wonderful city. 24/7 you need only go a few feet to find businesses, people and places ready to cater to your every want, need or whim. Restaurants tempt with an enormous variety of food, shops with sales, online/phone services with more sales and delivery, health clubs, doctors, spas and private trainers will help you to get in shape, look better or feel great. If you are cold, hail a cab or a car service and you will be wisked in comfort to your destination.
But NYC has a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT *TOPOGRAPHY* if you DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO SPEND.
GOOGLE MAPS SHOULD CREATE A MAP OF *INDOOR* PUBLICLY ACCESSABLE SPACES WHERE A PERSON WOULD not just be able to sneak in and blend, but rather would be WELCOME to stay - WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY.
In the Upper East Side in NYC - for example - there are very few. Public libraries are scarce, overcrowded and have VERY limited hours. There are a few indoor public spaces like the Citicorp building atrium which is similarly crowded.
ALMOST ALL OTHER PLACES REQUIRE MONEY. Otherwise, the city is CLOSED TO YOU - JUST AS IF IT WERE A BARREN HOSTILE WASTELAND. Buses and subways require $2.25. Where can you find even an indoor public bathroom nowadays or a drink of water or a place to sit and warm up ? (Let alone a place to exercise or read or access the web to look for a job without significant expenditure).
I envision a TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. Instead of color coded altitude above sea level, I envision it with color codes for COST OF BEING WELCOME in a publicly accessible indoor space.
Levels :
$0 - very few - public libraries during open hours, a few public atria.
$1 NOT enough even for McDonalds - the cheapest item from the $1 menu is $1.09 (tax). This will allow to you stay as a welcome CUSTOMER, not a surreptitious intruder for a while and warm up.
COffee shops - not anymore - minimal cost is about $3.
Pizza - not any more - with the rare exception of the 99cent stand up pizza places - most Pizza costs $2.50 - $3 per slice (a minimal cost to be WELCOMED to sit in the space).
Many food shops - including the major supermarket oligopolies (eg. Food Emporium) and the similar "pharmacies" (Duane Reed/Walgreens , etc) and bodegas have ELIMINATED ALL ITEMS below $1.
So the TOPOGRAPHIC MAP of NYC for $0 or $1 is almost an empty unaccessible dessert.
By contrast at $100 the average distance you need to travel to a welcoming space is probably less than half a block. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.88.88.59 ( talk) 20:14, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Wii Street U is a Wii U downloadable title using Google Maps and Street View. Here's some information on it, it should probably get a section:
Nicereddy ( talk) 21:48, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Correct me if I am wrong, but Google Maps supports only English Wikipedia articles? At least I cannot figure out how to make it display non-English ones... -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:07, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
this is what the article reads:
now that's totally wrong, as it did support German and English Wikipedia articles (preferring German ones) for me, visiting maps.google.de from Germany. Now, however, the Wikipedia layer is totally gone!? -- androl ( talk) 19:44, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
wikikpedia layer is also totally gone for me. I tried to VPN into the USA, as well as Netherlands, Germany. The Wikipedia Layer is gone! Tried both IE10 as well as GoogleChrome v29. Gone Gone GONE!! What gives?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.80.108.114 ( talk) 15:35, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
"The success of the Google Maps API has spawned a number of competing alternatives, including the Yahoo! Maps API, Bing Maps Platform, MapQuest Development Platform, and OpenLayers." - there is no evidence that any of these platforms were developed as a result of (or in response to the "success of") Google Maps - many were developed from other technology already in use by those competitors. Tanoshimi ( talk) 09:34, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Would using google maps on wikipedia be ok because it's non-profit and all. I think fair use would work here... -- Cooljuno411 ( talk) 05:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
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(a) You are not permitted to print more than 5,000 copies of sales collateral materials containing a screenshot of TomTom Licensed Content for commercial sales lead generation ("Direct Marketing"). If you desire to do so, you must (i) enter into a Google Enterprise license agreement or (ii) contact TomTom to obtain a direct license to do so.
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Is there any documentation available for URL parameters? When I switch to "Satellite View"; this seems to be remembered the next time I load the webpage. I'd like the default to be "Map View" which loads quicker. Is this possible? Fbax ( talk) 13:12, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
I checked Google Maps and Scattered Rice Lake in Laona, WI is no longer named "Dawson Lake". I also checked in the case of Samoa and the result came up "Samoa", not "Western Samoa". Jesant13 ( talk) 05:56, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Is there plan for create this map for Seasons of year and A time of day?-- Kaiyr ( talk) 05:03, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
How do they take photo bottom of oceans and seas?-- Kaiyr ( talk) 09:09, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
I propose that Google Maps (application) be merged into Google Maps. Bad article name aside, I don't think the "Google Maps (application)" article is necessary, since it is just describing the mobile version of a much larger, more feature-rich service (so there isn't a lot that distinguishes the two). I can't recall any other instance in which a mobile app had a separate article from the main article about the same service. For example, Facebook and iTunes, two other widely used mobile apps, don't have separate articles for their main service and mobile version. A simple "mobile" subsection in the Google Maps article should be sufficient to describe the mobile app. i agree. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 ( talk • contributions) 14:00, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
I refer to this: [22]. You will see there that Google Maples doesn't mark the very, very last stretch of the border between Ireland and the UK. I wondered if any one had any knowledge of why? I know there is a border dispute between Ireland and the UK concerning the very, very nearyby waters of Lough Foyle. I have no idea why Google Maps doesn't show the last bit of the land border though. Frenchmalawi ( talk) 16:09, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
Should we keep yahoo maps on here after the shutdown? I think it should still be listed! RES2773 ( talk) 01:02, 26 June 2015 (UTC)RES2773
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Is there any info on how Google monetizes Maps, what kind of revenue it has? "In 2012, Google reported having over 7,100 employees and contractors directly working in mapping." It seems like it would need a sizable revenue to support this, but this isn't mentioned anywhere. 108.7.2.97 ( talk) 15:45, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
I reverted the anecdote about the disputed Thai/Cambodian border. It was not cited. Perhaps more importantly, there are hundreds of border disputes. All mapping companies have to deal with the problem constantly. A less specific description of the problem and how Google deals with it, along with citations, would be useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Strebe ( talk • contribs) 18:04, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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I addressed the excessively long and too many sections.
All of the features and technical specs were fascinating to read about, but their notability needs to be more than a Google owned blog post. I have left the ones that are well cited/fixable and did some tweaking myself. I tried to organize my changes in smaller edits, so that anyone can examine them and undo if any were erroneous.
The History of Google Maps is just bad wrong usage. If a feature was modified in 3 different time periods, I would have to look at 3 different subsections to find it, and also cross reference with the feature list itself. I removed what was poorly cited, and left what I think can fit into existing or new sections. For example Google policy around naming could be a section. For my inspiration, see https://medium.com/@mbogen/is-google-wired-for-geopolitics-77ae9a2d7fa2 Shushugah ( talk) 15:04, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
They are very inaccurate. It's true. Look at Greenland for example. Stop deleting my edits. 78.1.5.61 ( talk) 17:40, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
hi; semi-ot question: does anybody know something about what happens in the Wadi el Kuf Bridge google maps view (2018) images? please see Talk:Wadi el Kuf Bridge about this. regards. -- 37.176.40.183 ( talk) 13:45, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
We moved to a new residential area and Uber, Lift or family members cannot locate us. PLEASE update your maps for the following address:
<private address redacted>
Thank you.
New Resident — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.221.230.253 ( talk) 18:54, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
Has no one noticed that South Korea's map on Google has blurred out that makes it completely difficult to distinguish it's location including cities? North Korea has a clear map view with places of interests and other locations but not South Korea. 70.45.60.101 ( talk) 22:02, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
not notable for a freestanding article Pam D 08:49, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
See the story by Bret Taylor, co-creator of Google Maps.
From a user standpoint, the aerial photography is the feature more often used than the satellite imagery. Cause most of the time, you don't look at deserts or oceans, but at cities, where aerial photography is used
-- 87.177.115.242 ( talk) 10:19, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
Re this edit: there is no simple answer to this question, because Google Maps uses a mixture of satellite and aerial images. The IP is correct that the detailed 3D views of towns and cities are derived from aerial photographs, [23] as this would not be practical for satellite images from space. Put simply, when you can tilt the map and get a 3D view of the area, it is derived from aerial photographs. Not all areas can do this, it is mainly the heavily populated areas that have this feature.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 05:57, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
The difference between App and Web are smaller now, and both articles discuss controversy when Apple removed GoogleMaps. Shushugah ( talk) 15:26, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
This makes sense. It seems that other Google products that have an app version don't have their own pages for the app. (See Google Contacts, YouTube, Google Photos, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, etc). In addition, the Google Maps (app) page seems to be quite a bit shorter than this one. I could be missing something, though. Enscribe ( talk) 01:10, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
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I am the promoter of Cheri Retirement Homes - The Paradise . I would like to inform you that I have discontinued this institution with effect from June 2019. I request you to remove this land mark from Google maps
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It was just released today, it is insanely cool, and definitely must be added to this article ASAP! Hey guys thx for helping me get that new development history addition just right. I still can't figure out how google did it other than driving all over the place.
we need more info about Google Street View - i think it should have it own article --
Zayani
20:18, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm changing the phrase "provides 3D panoramic street-level views" to "provides 360° panoramic street-level views." You can move the point of view of the panorama around and take "virtual tours" of areas, but the views themselves are not stereoscopic and do not include 3D CGI. I can't find any references from Google saying that Street View provides 3D views. [1] [2] [3] I believe "3D" is being used incorrectly, whereas the panoramas are indisputably 360°. [4] I found five websites that say or imply that Street View is 3D but I believe they are also using the term loosely or incorrectly. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] If someone can find a authoritative reference saying Street View provides 3D views please revert this change.
My apologies for originally posting this in the wrong section. It was not an attempt at vandalism. 192.82.6.18 03:53, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't the article and text be changed to Google Local? This has been the official name since it lost its beta status. Even [10] is titled "Google Local". Andrewski 14:02, 23 March 2006 (UTC)
Indeed, perhaps move "(for a time named Google Local)" way down the page. As at least I never heard of it. :-) Jidanni 11:01, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Do we really need the spam notice in the links section? We get maybe 2-3 undiscussed links added per week, not all are spam. And the links are generally removed within 24 hours. (Saying that because of my self-imposed 1RR limit on link cleanup. And that's 1RR per calander day, not 24 hour period, so I'll sometimes have 2 reverts within a 24 hour period. But if I've already cleaned up that day, I'll wait for the next day to clean up again. But I digress....) The Spam warning appears to be to solicit additional help to patrol the section. But I don't really see the need. Anyone see a good reason I shouldn't just drop the tag? (I'll not remove it for a day or two, at least, to give time for response) - TexasAndroid 14:55, 1 December 2005 (UTC)
I just removed the Seattle 911 example from the paragraph about mashups. I've never heard of it, but definitely aware of housingmaps.com and chicagocrime.org — both which received considerable press attention last spring [11]. Alexa rankings also support the decision.
Other two mashup sites mentioned in the news article (floridasexualpredators.com) and (mywikimap.com) — a cheapgas mashup, aren't as notable nor have the alexa traffic to justify mention in the Google Maps article. I also added inline links to housingmaps and chicagocrime, and a screenshot. - Aude ( talk | contribs) 17:01, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
Re. "Some areas are obscured for security reasons, like the United States Capitol, White House and other government facilities in Washington, D.C.."
I didn't check the Capitol and other facilities, but a quick check at http://maps.google.com/maps?q=White+House&spn=0.003546,0.008837&t=h&hl=en shows that the White House doesn't look very obscured. Am I missing something?
CConrad 18:22, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
I expect the WH does not get the same treatment as the USNO because people are going to want to look at the WH and its grounds, simply because its a famous building, the same reason why people would want to tour it. I guess the Capitol doesn't have quite as much of a following. But who wants to visit the USNO? The VP's residence? Who cares about the VP, we want the guy in charge! - Keith D. Tyler ¶ ( AMA) 22:10, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Capitol is no longer pixellated, and it seems to me that the White House is no longer obscured. - Joshuapaquin 23:21, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
There is still a needed section of the article. See [12] 128.220.159.1 15:52, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Creator of the Google Mapki here --- I would like to make sure that more people trying to use the Google Maps API and Google Maps are aware that there is a very active developer's base for the Google Maps API at http://www.mapki.com/. Would it make sense to add the link to this page's external links section? I'm interested in your comments. Thanks, Ian.
Why is the paragraph on Google moon written in the past tense? It creates a false impression that it's a thing of the past. Google moon is alive and well today. Maybe it was taken down and then brought back online? Alex.g 12:43, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
I was just wondering what the rules were about using Google Earth/Maps on Wikipedia. Are they considered software/web site screenshots or are the satellite images copyrighted in such a way as they're not allowed? -- MacAddct1984 20:16, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
I have the same question as MacAddct1984. I too want to use a Google map for a Wikipedia article. I read the small print about copyright and it seems to allow non-commercial reproduction. However it would be nice to have a definitive answer before I spend time on this. By repeating the question, it might appear in someone's watchlist again. JMcC 17:10, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
How do you get detailed maps for China and Hong Kong on Google Maps, as the article claims? I can't find them if I zoom in there (using the Canadian servers). However, I can find satellite images for China and Hong Kong. Andrew_pmk | Talk 07:53, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm wondering the same thing as Andrew. Searches China or Hong Kong from the Canadian server return a message saying "We Currently Do Not Support The Location."
Just type in HK and you can view all the streets. I know because I'm looking at it right now.
New external link suggestion: http://ozanguven.com.tr/googlemaps/ It has a web application which help users to create Google Maps for their website easily, also it is a good start for the newbie Google Maps API users. OzzY 10:16, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
Keep these, as they are redlinks?
Also, should Windows Live Local be added to that section?
- Keith D. Tyler ¶ 19:44, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Please add this link to external: http://explorer.altopix.com/ Fatganz 17:08, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I recommend that http://www.hotlinkimages.com be added to the external links list. It focuses on funny, interesting, and newsworthy images from Google Maps and also provides details of new Google Maps API applications available on the Internet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.242.36.58 ( talk • contribs)
Hello, I have a suggestion. One website that uses the google maps is http://www.antennasearch.com . It places all the locations of antennas, registered towers, and non-registered towers on a google map. Heyhello123 17:14, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
I have a recommendation for an external site. http://www.bigflamingo.com is a totally free Google Maps implementation website to list and find yard sales. People do not even need to register to use the site so it is free in that regard too.
I'd like to see a website outside of the US featuring on the Google Maps external links. I propose http://www.thebigeat.com as pretty much the first UK site to effectively combine data on a large scale which is the real benefit of Google Maps as a development tool. There are several other UK based sites but they really don't demonstrate the versatility of the system. Kind regards, 81.10.111.243 18:29, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Dave Roberts
Hello - I've developed a hotel mapping application using Google Maps API v2 together with PHP and MySQL (datasource for hotels) that pinpoints over 23000 hotel locations in more than 5000 US cities. By default, I've chosen to display the hybrid map view. The hotel map directory is available to viewers as a stand-alone "site" at http://hotel-map.4hotels.us/ or as a cross-link from the city as featured on http://www.4hotels.us/. I'd like to get your opinion on including this as a link to a sample Google Maps online app. Thanks (oh, I'm jclayc) 14:17 7 Sep 06
Hi, I began a very large collection of locations : Paris, Egypt, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka and many other countries. It is possible to add the link below on the external link page ?
Hello, I hope I am not imposing, but have a request to consider Hotel Maps USA. After two years of unemployment (35 years systems analyst background-job outsourced overseas) and over a year of tremendous night and day effort to teach myself newer technologies, I have created 17,000 maps of hotels and attractions for cities across the USA and Canada. They are quite relevant as reference material to travel, tourism, and an example implementation of the Google Maps API. There are places such as St Paul MN for the 2008 Republican National Convention, and many maps of speedways, and drag strips. Hotel Maps USA also includes an address finder. You are linking to some huge companies that are very hard for one impoverished person to compete with, so any break you can give me is very appreciated.
ladybiker 01:00, 16 November 2006
Hotel Maps USA is an example of a one-person Google Maps project, which has refined processes to create, and update, a multitude of interactive maps, without relying on location marker input by external multiple users. In its' first year, 2006, 17,000 maps were created for cities and places of interest throughout the USA and Canada. Each place of interest, when added to the database, generates a new map, centered and zoomed to the specific location. Each new map automatically includes markers for other nearby places of interest, and nearby cities and towns.
ladybiker 04:54, 21 November 2006
Typically, massive volumes of maps, and/or the placement of markers on maps, have been created by either relying on the input of hundreds or thousands of users, or a well-funded department within a corporation. This application of the API is atypical, because it resulted in a high-volume of nice maps by one individual, constrained by a shoestring budget. If other individuals of limited resources have already produced such good results on such a massive scale, I don't know of them. I consider my work to be an example of the application of the Google maps API within a burgeoning cottage industry, which can produce a level of results which were previously achieved only by well-funded corporations. Thank you for your considerations. ladybiker 13:47, 22 November 2006
Re: the recently added Google Maps API page...
I think most of the API page should be merged into a rewritten "Extensibility and customization" on this Google Maps article. The section here mostly deals with the pre-API hacks which are pretty much irrelevant now.
I take the term "Google Maps" to mean the "Google Maps API". Although there was originally a separate (beta-only) Maps page, the mapping service that Google provides is now called Google Local. Google Local just embeds the Google Maps interface and adds features on top (such as driving directions).
To clarify the distinction further a separate Google Local page could be created where we can move various Local-specific information, such as the competitor links.
- Shreddies 19:07, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
We have "List of interesting Google Maps satellite images" listed under "See also" and we have "List of images compiled by Wikipedia users" listed under externa links. Both of these take you to User:Joshuapaquin/List_of_interesting_Google_Maps_satellite_images. Why is this listed twice under both headings? - Aude ( talk | contribs) 20:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Google maps is often recognized for being not 100% accurate. It may pinpoint a 100 or so metre of the exact adress. We have been discussing whether this should be included in the article École Secondaire Catholique Garneau. Essentially when searching for the adress of the school in pinpoints virtually the same location as the MIFO. See the talk page for more info. My question is. Why is there no mention of this in the article. Has there never been any third account of this? Do we need a third account. THe facts are right there in front of. Pretty clear that google maps in this instance pinpoints the same buidling! Any comments. I would say leave it in the schools article because it is more important there (distinguishing the school from the MIFO. Cultural centre for French ontario!) Anyay. Any comments? -- 72.57.8.158 00:11, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
Nevermind off by a hundred metres, a freaking island disappears... check out this, and then hit 'Map'. It is the same from any height. I am looking for somewhere to report the matter, anyone know anywhere? J Milburn 23:13, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
It looks like they've added (at least major) roads for Western and Central European countries. I don't know the exact date this feature went live, but it should be mentioned in the "Development" section. f(x)=ax 2 +bx+c 23:19, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
I've heard conflicting stories that googlemaps has been created using imagery captured off planes and satelittes. I'm talking about the very high resolution views here, not the ones of the world :P Does anyone know any information about how the pictures were originally captured?
The Katrina imagery was stated to be satellite for sure, though. I'd say the majority of urban areas are satellite.
Meanwhile, the scattering of insanely-high-res photos in Africa (for example the fairly famous "man on camel looking up at camera" shot) were definitely aircraft (they are from a National Geographic project).
- Keith D. Tyler ¶ ( AMA) 06:50, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
For some reason, the North Pole is missing from Google Maps, although the South Pole is not. Perhaps this should be mentioned, given that the North Pole isn't exactly a minor feature of Earth's surface? - —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.100.8.71 ( talk • contribs) 17:16, 2 August 2006
EEmap.org-Chinese Google Maps mashup that allow people to share maps. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.170.41.235 ( talk • contribs) 09:20, 13 September 2006
Japanese map data is apparently provided by Zenrin...-- Ranma9617 07:56, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Point 6 in the article lists: "Google's use of Google Maps: 6.1 Google Mars, 6.2 Google Moon, 6.3 Google Ride Finder, 6.4 Google Transit".
I would like to add 6.5: Google Maps Mobile. I'm not sure how old it is, but it appears that there's now a separate interface for Maps suitable for viewing on Java-enabled phones (Blackberrys and the like). Being that it's officially from Google, I think it is much more noteworthy than "Mobile GMaps" which is referenced at the bottom of the article -- Mobile GMaps is 3rd-party software, and not an official platform from Google.
Any thoughts? Chris 17:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Oops! The official URL for Google Maps Mobile is: http://www.google.com/gmm Chris 17:59, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Has anyone noticed that when you zoom really far into any place with high-res satellite imagery and set the view to "hybrid", the street map data is noticeably offset from the satellite imagery? -- Denelson 83 10:01, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Yea, I have. Streets appear in the river in my neighbourhood. The hybrid view is not particulary useful. --- J7n
Added a link to bidnearby.com, found from this NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/18/business/18money.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Eugene a 03:11, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Now you can have articles in wikipedia with google maps!!! Go to Media wiki goggle and install it! I have no seen any article yet but i cant wait!!!
I suggest that this section be converted into a table, having row represent each country columns represent service available: map, local business search, street level search, driving directions, and business center. -- Voidvector 05:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Just found out this google maps mashups resource, located at http://www.gmapsdirectory.com . Seems like they have a good collection of mapping mashups links. I would consider adding this website to the external links list. Papase 15:17, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Added to : Examples of web tools employing Google Maps section of the article This site is very simple, and finally create simple link(or button) to access the location on the map (named pharos), the final page created contains some extra information about the location such as :website,description,external image,title,tags,..
some samples of site results: [15] [16]
85.198.21.82 13:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
I thinks it is unique because it does not have a directory or any interface on any page for exploring, and just give a link to the user that created the Pharos to use this link on websites Another unique part of this job is u can view the satellite view and a normal view at once.
waiting for your answer...
85.198.21.82
17:12, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
No answer yet, so can i add that link again ? 85.198.21.82 04:36, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
FYI
The Comparible services section is supposed to be for other services similar to GE, not for links using GE. Yahoo and MS are good examples of things that should be in here. Instead, it was becoming a dumping ground because it was not being watched as closely as the external links section. I've cleaned out all the direct external links. IMHO a "Comparable Service" should at the least qualify for a WP project page here if it is to stay in the section, and thus the section should be all internal links. I'm also going to check the remaining internal links to make sure that they qualify for inclusion. - TexasAndroid 17:51, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I propose listing Hopstop as a comparable service. I live in Manhattan and find it the best service for finding routes by public transit. It seems to fit the definition of a Comparable Service to Google Transit. - Jds10 14:40, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Since I am loosely associated with the site (I moderate there), I should not revert the removal myself. But could one of the other regulars here please revert the removal of the Virtual Globetrotting link from the page? This link was in the set of links decied on quite a while ago to remain in the section. It has been removed without edit comment and without discussion. - TexasAndroid 04:23, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi there,
May I add www.mapshuttle.com as an external link to the "Examples of web tools employing Google Maps" section? This website is originally for my Web GIS Programming homework, and I think it also is a good demo of using Google Maps API to do user mash-up. Please let me know whether you would approve this or not.
Thanks ahead, Lailin, Idaho State University, GIS lab. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chenlailinatgmail.com ( talk • contribs) 07:18, 21 January 2007 (UTC).
Hi - I wish to propose www.shaded-relief.com as link from the Google maps page. I believe it is unique as it add a custom layer for the world to zoom level 9 (10 in progress) there are currently 200,000 custom tiles added which depict the world in shaded relief which I believe adds a new dimension to the map. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Costa20 ( talk • contribs) 12:59, 29 January 2007 (UTC).
Any comments - anyone think this is unique enough to be added as a link ?
I won't add the link myself, as it violates self-promotion rules. So, I'll let somebody else decide if my Google Maps Bookmarklet Generator is noteworthy enough to add to the links collection. -- Marumari 22:39, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I have built a web page which allows to input travel itineraries and stories on Google Maps within my web site, so that others can search geographically for travel companions or read stories about places they will visit. May I include a link to travellersmeetingplace.com? This website has been live for about a month now (so it is relatively new).
In my opinion the site is unique as it is the only site which allows you to do geographic searches for travel itineraries, users or stories. The search for stories for example can be done on a street or block level or on a whole continent. The website is interactive (the user input and search for content). It also shows that using javascript you are able to write routines like painting rectangles on the maps and use them for obtaining coordinates for searches in databases, also a registered user can send messages to other users directly from within a google-maps-infowindow. If you have any further questions I would be happy to talk about them. Thank you for your time. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.218.157.116 ( talk • contribs)
I'm sorry, but I really don't see those as unique applications of the GMaps interface. You may or may not be the only place doing "searches for travel itineraries, users or stories", but there are other sites that do searches. So searching is not really unique, even if what you search for is. It's the application that really needs to be unique, not the subject, IMHO. - TexasAndroid 13:58, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
I would like to add the www.estatemaps.info site for the following reasons :
If there are no objections I will humbly add the above site within 24hours. —The preceding www.estatemaps.info comment was added by www.estatemaps.info ( talk) 03:40, 23 February 2007 (UTC).
Traffic information has been integrated into GMaps. This info should be in the article. -- 68.239.240.144 02:26, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I was using the aerial photo feature of Google maps to look at an area that interests me and noticed that different buildings were taken from distinctly different viewpoints. Buildings that are near each other have very different perspectives, slanting up at you in ways that don't make visual sense. These are good shots so I'm not complaining, but the over-all image is a peculiar mix of perspectives. The different shots are knitted together perfectly so I can't see where they're joined. So I'm just wondering a few things: why would pictures from different satellite shots be combined at such a fine-grained scale, how were they compiled into a larger image, etc. If I could, I would include an example from the area that struck me but I don't see a way to add an image. Just enter "Millennium Hotel Minneapolis" in Google maps. Zoom in pretty close. Move the map so that the area you see is a bit north and west of the hotel. You'll start to see some of these anomalies. If anyone can tell me how to show an image, I can add it. Cc brewster 04:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
Since only one point is directly below the camera, there is always some degree of "tilt". The amount of tilt increases toward the edge of each photo. The choice of how much tilt is acceptable is part of what determines the size of each "tile" to be mosaicked together. Much of the high-res imagery in google maps is made with airplanes rather than satellites, especially in the United States. Since airplanes fly much closer to the ground, the tile size of acceptable tilt is going to be relatively small. That's the basic answer. As to how the mosaicking is done -- a short answer is, painfully and slowly! Pfly 20:40, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Is there a way of showing the maps in the article itself instead of showing the screen shot either in SVG or PNG format. If so can some body add a map to Wikipeida?. I also wonder is there any other better solutions to show the maps in Wikipedia project. Thanks in advance.-- Umapathy (உமாபதி) 04:48, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
The article needs a paragraph as to why some areas - even in the UK (well, Northern Ireland) don't have an adequate satellite photograph. ( e.g. This is Omagh.) My guess is it to do with the terrorism laws from The Troubles, but it needs to be addressed in the article.-- Macca7174 20:19, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
This site lets people embed maps created using Google My Maps. The site also keeps a library of shared maps created using My Maps (each map is viewable on the site) and provides additional information about using My Maps. Seewhere.net 03:24, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
It would be nice to have some info on how the maps are colored. Some areas appear to be "real" color. Other areas appear to be either infrared or B&W photography with some sort of color added later. Does anybody have any info on how all this is done? Bin 07:35, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Even though Google 地图 says it has certain features half of them are not working. E.g. This link tries to map out a route between Beijing and Shanghai. It says something like "cannot calculate". -- Voidvector 06:26, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi everybody,
I recommend the web site Golf World Map (
www.golfworldmap.com) to be included in the External links section Websites collecting Google Maps aerial views.
Golf World Map distinguishes itself from other similar web sites by
Hremar 17:55, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
I'd think that trekking across eastern Siberia and then swimming the Bering Strait would be a shorter route than going all the way across Russia and Europe, swimming the Atlantic, then crossing North America, but I guess Google doesn't have that route in its database. *Dan T.* 15:08, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it just me, or are there too many columns on this page? The biggest issue seems to be in the See Also section—in Firefox, at least, there is no space between the two columns. Should this be fixed? Insanity Incarnate 23:40, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files. I've trimmed the external links section severely (read: just Google Maps, its mobile version, and the Moon and Mars versions, as they are mentioned in the article); there's no reason to link to every bloody website just because they use or interact with Google Maps. EVula // talk // ☯ // 19:14, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
So, I'm showing off Google's street view from Hong Kong, and I notice it's unavailable. Is it just a temporary thing, or is it maybe unavailable for use for viewing NYC from China? Anyone have any info on this? |大家好| 218.254.148.205 06:52, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. How come when you zoom in to maximum on google moon, you get a weird image that looks like cheese, and should this be mentioned in the article? Thanks. ~ A H 1( T C U) 20:47, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
I removed the following statement for using weasel wording and being unsourced. If someone can provide a source, please put it back in: "However, the definition of inappropriate content is not yet as comprehensive as some claim it should be." 68.146.47.196 13:01, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
Shouldn't someone mention draggable driving directions and the iphone? rabmny 02:41, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
Country list is getting too long, suggest split. -- Voidvector 11:42, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
I could not find any mention of what's covered in this article anywhere in this article or on the list of Google products. I don't know whether it's actually been implemented yet, but it should probably be mentioned somewhere. - Mike Payne ( T • C) 20:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Should Google Mars and Google Moon have their own pages?
This would make more sense because people are really looking for both the "real" Google Mars and Google Moon and for Moon and Mars Overlays for Google Earth. Of course, we think ours is the best ( http://www.marsterritory.com/MarsSuperOverlay_new.kml), but NASA has some WMS sites that are also quite nice, in and of themselves.
Either way, we'd like to offer our web site and overlays as links for the topic or subtopic of Google Mars.
-Mars Territory —Preceding unsigned comment added by Marsterritory ( talk • contribs) 00:21, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 05:56, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
I notice that some countries have more detailed maps than others.
This is particularly noticable in Map (as opposed to Satellite) view. For instance, Argentina is one big flat expanse of land with no city markers, whereas Uruguay and Brazil have considerably more detail. See [17]
Also, some countries have detailed areas, yet are mostly sparse. See this overview of Asuncion in Paraguay [18].
Also, the Chinese version of Google Maps, Ditu, has very detailed Chinese cities, whereas Google(.com) Maps only have a handful of cities and railroads, without much detail to them. Compare [19] and [20], the same Shanghai area, and the difference is immediately clear.
I'm guessing the first case is a matter of resources, the second a matter of completeness and the third a matter of censorship, but this is just my opinion. Regardless, I feel this should be reflected in the article. Please write your thoughts on the matter. -- 92.104.254.8 ( talk) 16:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
We don't have any links to developers' guides, so I nominate the Google Maps API Tutorial. Are there better resources? Adoniscik ( talk) 02:22, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
May want to incorporate this into the article:
Google Maps originated in Australia, with a company called Where 2 Technologies which was bought by Google in late 2004 and resulted in Google opening an office in Australia. - ITWire: Google Transit comes to Australia -- ozzmosis ( talk) 11:11, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
This statement from the article:
On November 28th, 2007, Google Maps for Mobile 2.0 was released. It introduced a GPS-like location service that does not require a GPS receiver. As of April 20, 2008, this service is available for Windows Mobile | Palm OS | Nokia/Symbian (S60 3rd edition only) | Symbian OS (UIQ v3)[8].
Is inaccurate. I am running Google Maps for Mobile 2.0 on my Blackberry which does not run any of the operating systems listed. (Blackberry is its own platform.) There is no Blackberry availability listed on cited URL, and I don't know what URL to cite to prove that I'm right. I hope some more experienced Wikipedia author can handle this. 198.105.0.4 ( talk) 20:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
Additional
Is available too for Symbian^3 (like N8, C7, etc.) and Symbian S60v5 (5800, 5230, 5233, etc). Not only S60v3
"Street map overlays, in some areas, may not match up precisely with the corresponding satellite images."
Come on, this is a valid criticism of almost every digital map product ever made. How is this specific to Google Maps? 69.95.240.44 ( talk) 18:34, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
Is any information available from Wikipedia's side on the new Wikipedia labels under the 'More...' button? Is this a cooperation between Google and Wikipedia, or was there contact between Google and Wikipedia on this, or is it a unilateral Google thing? And on the technical side: does anyone know how often Google refreshes its database (I changed some erroneous coordinates in some WP articles, but they haven't changed yet in Google), and how the data is collected (Coord templates? Only title coords or also inline coords?)? And why some labels are big and some small? Mtcv ( talk) 15:09, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
I share the same curiousity with all questions mentioned, and have not yet found answers.
Lanma726 ( talk) 23:54, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
I have not been able to turn on geotagged Wikimedia Commons images in Google Maps. I've seen a few WC images when I've followed a link. I found one link somewhere that turned on ALL tagged WC images(way cool), but I haven't been able to find it again (does anyone know how to do this?). I share your curiousity also. Leon7 ( talk) 20:48, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I like to add a link to the Google Maps help Center at [21]. I think this would really help new Google Maps users, as it has helped me. -- Jsopher ( talk) 00:53, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
I've removed a criticism about a street name error at Donegall Square in Belfast. The Criticism section already mentions that map data can be incorrect; there's no need to add specific examples. -- Darthsco ( talk) 15:09, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
This term needs to be defined. I have no idea what it means. It seems to refer to the size of the smallest resolvable object. Google for this term reveals nothing except this same text, so obviously the term is not in common usage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.185.247.124 ( talk) 22:11, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Hello,
Does anyone know when the Google maps development team is releasing MORE than just satelite picks of Romania and Belarus. I mean google maps do not have detail level maps with streets etc. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.28.144.2 ( talk) 11:14, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
From the article: '"The technique of providing greater sparingly", preferring a hidden IFrame with form submission because it preserves browser history.' The main sentence is lacking a verb and there appears to be no attribution of the source for this quote. 81.183.219.192 ( talk) 18:09, 27 January 2009 (UTC) (Kevin Pfeiffer)
Ride Finder has been discontinued. The section should be removed. Proxy User ( talk) 03:05, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
I think there must be some information on the zoom level shown at the left bottm of the screen. Integrating the information into the article will surely help amateurs in measuring distances, if not necessarily accurately. Elncid ( talk) 10:19, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
The Link to RideFinder produces a 404 -- 91.19.17.175 ( talk) 01:58, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Single countries: Argentina, Australia*, Brazil*, Chile, China^, India*, Israel (and parts of the West Bank), Hawaii*, Hong Kong*, Japan*, New Zealand*, Russia* (Moscow area only) and Taiwan. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.182.172.229 ( talk) 12:53, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
What latitude and longitude format is used by Google Maps? Can I enter d/m/s, i.e. 12 48N 126 39W or must I use dd.mmmss, i.e. 39.730139 -104.362617? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.127.102.113 ( talk) 02:11, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a major public university in Southwest Florida but is not listed as a map feature by Google. I have tried to contact the company about it but could not locate the info. 97.97.119.249 ( talk) 07:42, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
Surely this is worth a mention: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/03/argleton-google-town-myst_n_343393.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.186.55.206 ( talk) 20:10, 5 November 2009 (UTC)
Ok why is the example map at the top a map of Southern Ontario??
Rhetorical question -- I'll tell you why: because Wiki has been hijacked by a cabal of young Southern Ontario (I don't know what else to call them...) nerds. Whose sole purpose seems to be to artificially boost Southern Ontario, tricking Americans and other foreigners into investing there and continuing the insane population growth in Southern Ontario that doesn't make sense.
I'm sorry if I sound 'wonky' on this but I see it over and over. Like the Wiki article about the "GTA" and many others (as well as similar diatribes on Emporis), there seems to be this group of nerds living in their parents' basements in bungalows scattered throughout Etobicoke and Scarborough who have nothing better to do with their miserable lives except spend hours on Wiki, and similar sites, making Southern Ontario look good.
Never mind that Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec have been 100% artificially created by government dictatorship for over 200 years. What with the Staple Theory of economic development, a non-regional non-US type Senate, exploitation of natural resources, import tariffs, the Auto Pact, centralized bank laws, differential freight rates and preferential government procurement rules. The list goes on.
It's all a parasite/host relationship, where Southern Ontario-Southern Quebec are the parasites, and the natural resource rich hinterland of Canada -- representing 98% of its land mass, by the way! -- are the hosts. Think it's like that in America? Uh-uh. Check it out; do the math. You'll see.
I'm rather sick of these Southern Ontario stasi like nerds who seem to control every Canadian aspect of Wikipedia and now seem to be infiltrating non-Canadian sections as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Atikokan ( talk • contribs) 05:30, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
Trrolling or not, here's some historical info from an old GIS guy: The Southern Ontario data exactly agrees with the sample data that MapInfo made freely available for many years. For the longest time Map data was fabulously expensive, freely usable data rare, and anyone wanting to show how to do ANYTHING with map data was as likely to use this data as any other. Of course, you could argue that this just shifts the finger of blame to MapInfo... —Preceding
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By accident, I have found this to be true. However, I don't see any mention of this at Google - they still tell you to get a key, and imply that it is required. It would be nice to have some confirmation or reference to where Google states this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.68.32.159 ( talk) 20:29, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
Through Google Labs, I found Google マップ - 地図検索 "See place names of the world in Japanese." -- Wavelength ( talk) 22:06, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
It is quite strange in the mobile phone section-- Mikespedia is on Wikipedia! 15:26, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
There is a possible error in the Criticism section.
"A further weakness is that date and time when the photograph is made are not available. If it were, it would be possible to determine the height of a tall structure by measuring the length of its shadow." may be inaccurate now.
At http://ask.metafilter.com/55794/Satellite-image-date-needed-from-Google-Maps the reply states: "Download Google Earth 4, find your target. Under Layers, expand 'Digital Globe Coverage. Starting from the most recent year, checking each box one at a time. One will overlap your area - zoom out and it will tell you the exact date the picture was taken."
I'm unable to verify this on the 'puter I am on right now. If someone would care to check, they could correct the criticism. Kid Bugs ( talk) 20:24, 20 April 2008 (UTC)
I noticed last week when I was using google earth that in the bottom right of the screen it would say a date and month but it was changing based on my location. I figured out that it was dependent on where I put my mouse when I was at an appropiate zoom level. I assume the dates it was displaying were the dates the imagery was taken. I don't remember what layers I had on though. Doubtful it was many. --
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Mawdesky - situated near the village of Mawdesley, Lancashire This was probably the result of bad text recognition. The "le" was read as as a "k". Lent ( talk) 17:21, 3 May 2010 (UTC)
What's the official reason why North Korea is shown with exactly zero detail in map view ? No cities, no roads... nothing but a blank slate. As of 05/12/2010 it's the only country so displayed. Even during the Cold War, atlases had detailed maps of the Soviet Union. The satellite images of North Korea are of a high resolution but again there are no labels. I had to use the search function to even find Pyongyang. 76.113.104.88 ( talk) 08:41, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
This article states that "Yahoo! Maps lacks international support". In that case, what does it support? Poland? What does "international" mean? Does it mean "outside Botswana?" Does it mean "outside the United States?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.240.61.2 ( talk) 04:24, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Let's not confuse international and extranational/foreign (though many people do). International means "between countries". If the word was used properly, it presumably means that, say, Yahoo! Maps won't give complete driving directions if the destination isn't in the same country as the origin. On the other hand, if foreign was meant, then, yeah, it's too vague. — President Lethe ( talk) 03:56, 19 July 2010 (UTC)
Could anyone confirm that GMM collects nearby WIFI-data (SSID and MAC address of AP) and send it to Google along with a GPS position (if the phone have this). I have heard this many places, and it is a very good idea but I think it could have privacy issues after seeing how much publicity the Google "war driving" is getting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.215.47.72 ( talk) 20:13, 1 August 2010 (UTC)
I saw the google car in Fredericton, New Brunsick. Is this relevant, or would i need a source? -- Frozen4322 Talk Stalk 14:31, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
To be perfectly blunt: no. Not relevant, not interesting. This is an encyclopedia, not Facebook or some guy's blog. Sorry to hurt your feelings but I seriously don't care if people have seen the Google car or not. That is not the kind of thing people turn to an encyclopedia for. 76.113.105.186 ( talk) 01:14, 2 September 2010 (UTC)
Someone who knows how to do it, should add Mexico on the map on contiguous regions on Google Maps. I have tried myself, you can now search for directions in Mexico (and some other small places that are not very important like Turks and Caicos Islands). There are also some countries that in fact are only partially covered by the direction service in Google Maps, which is not reflected in the map. I suppose it is very difficult to change the map in this respect, but if not, then e.g. Svalbard (part of Norway) should not be yellow and parts of Peru (north and (north-)east) should not be blue. QuéSéYo2 ( talk) 06:21, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
It seems to me that this sections is not NPOV at all and requires a re-write. Not sure how to tackle it though. Tpv2066 ( talk) 22:10, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
It's not of by much but specifically: "Google Maps Navigation is free and this will have a major impact on the navigation industry. The drawback of Google Maps for Android is that an internet connection is required to get maps and related information from Google Maps, just like with iPhone’s Google Maps application. It may be possible for Google to circumvent the Internet requirement. A similar system is being developed for the iPhone"
How do we know its impact, yes shares fell, but I think it might be better phrased as: "Google Maps Navigation is free unlike most products navigation industry."
Tpv2066 ( talk) 18:38, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
n:Google Street View comes indoors 97.87.29.188 ( talk) 00:13, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
99.109.125.146 ( talk) 00:04, 4 November 2011 (UTC)
When you do this experiment on the Directions page of Google Maps, Enter in this:
From: Honolulu, HI, USA To: Seattle, WA, USA, you will see that they said that you have to kayak across the Pacific Ocean! The same things happen when you go from Hawaii, Japan, Australia, and North America to another of these cities or continents.
I dunno why this happen, it might be the fault of a Google staff.
google has relaesed a feature using google maps to edit places. you can move roads, define parking lots, and even add new roads where they are needed, just look ar their example in vietnem, please add that topic to article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.115.124.107 ( talk) 20:09, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
In the Google Transit section, the reference to a 20% project is not clear unless the reader is already familiar with Google's 20 percent time HR policy. 20% project should probably be a link. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.170.24.210 ( talk) 22:02, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
şǓŪūȲȳŹǖū — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.164.36.165 ( talk) 06:29, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
mapmaker.google.com should be included somewhere in here — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.166.109.31 ( talk) 19:38, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
There is no mention yet of Google Maps' "45 degree imagery" in satellite mode; since this appears to be in competition with Bing's Bird's-eye images, it's probably notable. See e.g. " Google Lat Long: Imagery Update: Tour sites around the world with high-resolution imagery" (November 16, 2012). Mapsax ( talk) 15:00, 26 December 2012 (UTC)
NEW MAPS : Is NYC a barren wasteland for the poor, punctuated with rare Oases of free public space ?
If you have money to spend, NYC is a wonderful city. 24/7 you need only go a few feet to find businesses, people and places ready to cater to your every want, need or whim. Restaurants tempt with an enormous variety of food, shops with sales, online/phone services with more sales and delivery, health clubs, doctors, spas and private trainers will help you to get in shape, look better or feel great. If you are cold, hail a cab or a car service and you will be wisked in comfort to your destination.
But NYC has a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT *TOPOGRAPHY* if you DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO SPEND.
GOOGLE MAPS SHOULD CREATE A MAP OF *INDOOR* PUBLICLY ACCESSABLE SPACES WHERE A PERSON WOULD not just be able to sneak in and blend, but rather would be WELCOME to stay - WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY.
In the Upper East Side in NYC - for example - there are very few. Public libraries are scarce, overcrowded and have VERY limited hours. There are a few indoor public spaces like the Citicorp building atrium which is similarly crowded.
ALMOST ALL OTHER PLACES REQUIRE MONEY. Otherwise, the city is CLOSED TO YOU - JUST AS IF IT WERE A BARREN HOSTILE WASTELAND. Buses and subways require $2.25. Where can you find even an indoor public bathroom nowadays or a drink of water or a place to sit and warm up ? (Let alone a place to exercise or read or access the web to look for a job without significant expenditure).
I envision a TOPOGRAPHIC MAP. Instead of color coded altitude above sea level, I envision it with color codes for COST OF BEING WELCOME in a publicly accessible indoor space.
Levels :
$0 - very few - public libraries during open hours, a few public atria.
$1 NOT enough even for McDonalds - the cheapest item from the $1 menu is $1.09 (tax). This will allow to you stay as a welcome CUSTOMER, not a surreptitious intruder for a while and warm up.
COffee shops - not anymore - minimal cost is about $3.
Pizza - not any more - with the rare exception of the 99cent stand up pizza places - most Pizza costs $2.50 - $3 per slice (a minimal cost to be WELCOMED to sit in the space).
Many food shops - including the major supermarket oligopolies (eg. Food Emporium) and the similar "pharmacies" (Duane Reed/Walgreens , etc) and bodegas have ELIMINATED ALL ITEMS below $1.
So the TOPOGRAPHIC MAP of NYC for $0 or $1 is almost an empty unaccessible dessert.
By contrast at $100 the average distance you need to travel to a welcoming space is probably less than half a block. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.88.88.59 ( talk) 20:14, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Wii Street U is a Wii U downloadable title using Google Maps and Street View. Here's some information on it, it should probably get a section:
Nicereddy ( talk) 21:48, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Correct me if I am wrong, but Google Maps supports only English Wikipedia articles? At least I cannot figure out how to make it display non-English ones... -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 15:07, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
this is what the article reads:
now that's totally wrong, as it did support German and English Wikipedia articles (preferring German ones) for me, visiting maps.google.de from Germany. Now, however, the Wikipedia layer is totally gone!? -- androl ( talk) 19:44, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
wikikpedia layer is also totally gone for me. I tried to VPN into the USA, as well as Netherlands, Germany. The Wikipedia Layer is gone! Tried both IE10 as well as GoogleChrome v29. Gone Gone GONE!! What gives?! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.80.108.114 ( talk) 15:35, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
"The success of the Google Maps API has spawned a number of competing alternatives, including the Yahoo! Maps API, Bing Maps Platform, MapQuest Development Platform, and OpenLayers." - there is no evidence that any of these platforms were developed as a result of (or in response to the "success of") Google Maps - many were developed from other technology already in use by those competitors. Tanoshimi ( talk) 09:34, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Would using google maps on wikipedia be ok because it's non-profit and all. I think fair use would work here... -- Cooljuno411 ( talk) 05:34, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
3.1 Restrictions on Commercial Use of TomTom Licensed Content.
(a) You are not permitted to print more than 5,000 copies of sales collateral materials containing a screenshot of TomTom Licensed Content for commercial sales lead generation ("Direct Marketing"). If you desire to do so, you must (i) enter into a Google Enterprise license agreement or (ii) contact TomTom to obtain a direct license to do so.
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Is there any documentation available for URL parameters? When I switch to "Satellite View"; this seems to be remembered the next time I load the webpage. I'd like the default to be "Map View" which loads quicker. Is this possible? Fbax ( talk) 13:12, 18 March 2013 (UTC)
I checked Google Maps and Scattered Rice Lake in Laona, WI is no longer named "Dawson Lake". I also checked in the case of Samoa and the result came up "Samoa", not "Western Samoa". Jesant13 ( talk) 05:56, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
Is there plan for create this map for Seasons of year and A time of day?-- Kaiyr ( talk) 05:03, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
How do they take photo bottom of oceans and seas?-- Kaiyr ( talk) 09:09, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
I propose that Google Maps (application) be merged into Google Maps. Bad article name aside, I don't think the "Google Maps (application)" article is necessary, since it is just describing the mobile version of a much larger, more feature-rich service (so there isn't a lot that distinguishes the two). I can't recall any other instance in which a mobile app had a separate article from the main article about the same service. For example, Facebook and iTunes, two other widely used mobile apps, don't have separate articles for their main service and mobile version. A simple "mobile" subsection in the Google Maps article should be sufficient to describe the mobile app. i agree. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 ( talk • contributions) 14:00, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
I refer to this: [22]. You will see there that Google Maples doesn't mark the very, very last stretch of the border between Ireland and the UK. I wondered if any one had any knowledge of why? I know there is a border dispute between Ireland and the UK concerning the very, very nearyby waters of Lough Foyle. I have no idea why Google Maps doesn't show the last bit of the land border though. Frenchmalawi ( talk) 16:09, 19 April 2015 (UTC)
Should we keep yahoo maps on here after the shutdown? I think it should still be listed! RES2773 ( talk) 01:02, 26 June 2015 (UTC)RES2773
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Is there any info on how Google monetizes Maps, what kind of revenue it has? "In 2012, Google reported having over 7,100 employees and contractors directly working in mapping." It seems like it would need a sizable revenue to support this, but this isn't mentioned anywhere. 108.7.2.97 ( talk) 15:45, 5 October 2017 (UTC)
I reverted the anecdote about the disputed Thai/Cambodian border. It was not cited. Perhaps more importantly, there are hundreds of border disputes. All mapping companies have to deal with the problem constantly. A less specific description of the problem and how Google deals with it, along with citations, would be useful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Strebe ( talk • contribs) 18:04, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
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I addressed the excessively long and too many sections.
All of the features and technical specs were fascinating to read about, but their notability needs to be more than a Google owned blog post. I have left the ones that are well cited/fixable and did some tweaking myself. I tried to organize my changes in smaller edits, so that anyone can examine them and undo if any were erroneous.
The History of Google Maps is just bad wrong usage. If a feature was modified in 3 different time periods, I would have to look at 3 different subsections to find it, and also cross reference with the feature list itself. I removed what was poorly cited, and left what I think can fit into existing or new sections. For example Google policy around naming could be a section. For my inspiration, see https://medium.com/@mbogen/is-google-wired-for-geopolitics-77ae9a2d7fa2 Shushugah ( talk) 15:04, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
They are very inaccurate. It's true. Look at Greenland for example. Stop deleting my edits. 78.1.5.61 ( talk) 17:40, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
hi; semi-ot question: does anybody know something about what happens in the Wadi el Kuf Bridge google maps view (2018) images? please see Talk:Wadi el Kuf Bridge about this. regards. -- 37.176.40.183 ( talk) 13:45, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
We moved to a new residential area and Uber, Lift or family members cannot locate us. PLEASE update your maps for the following address:
<private address redacted>
Thank you.
New Resident — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.221.230.253 ( talk) 18:54, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
Has no one noticed that South Korea's map on Google has blurred out that makes it completely difficult to distinguish it's location including cities? North Korea has a clear map view with places of interests and other locations but not South Korea. 70.45.60.101 ( talk) 22:02, 22 December 2018 (UTC)
not notable for a freestanding article Pam D 08:49, 19 January 2019 (UTC)
See the story by Bret Taylor, co-creator of Google Maps.
From a user standpoint, the aerial photography is the feature more often used than the satellite imagery. Cause most of the time, you don't look at deserts or oceans, but at cities, where aerial photography is used
-- 87.177.115.242 ( talk) 10:19, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
Re this edit: there is no simple answer to this question, because Google Maps uses a mixture of satellite and aerial images. The IP is correct that the detailed 3D views of towns and cities are derived from aerial photographs, [23] as this would not be practical for satellite images from space. Put simply, when you can tilt the map and get a 3D view of the area, it is derived from aerial photographs. Not all areas can do this, it is mainly the heavily populated areas that have this feature.-- ♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 05:57, 26 February 2019 (UTC)
The difference between App and Web are smaller now, and both articles discuss controversy when Apple removed GoogleMaps. Shushugah ( talk) 15:26, 12 July 2018 (UTC)
This makes sense. It seems that other Google products that have an app version don't have their own pages for the app. (See Google Contacts, YouTube, Google Photos, Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, etc). In addition, the Google Maps (app) page seems to be quite a bit shorter than this one. I could be missing something, though. Enscribe ( talk) 01:10, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
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I am the promoter of Cheri Retirement Homes - The Paradise . I would like to inform you that I have discontinued this institution with effect from June 2019. I request you to remove this land mark from Google maps
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Sqn Ldr P P Cherian ( Retd) 919447116854 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.194.154.220 ( talk) 23:57, 13 July 2019 (UTC)