Maps News

By David Bois | Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:24 PM ET

NoiseTube's new cell phone application uses device's microphone and GPS to compile maps of noise pollution. Read More

More like this in: Google, New York, Europe, Boston, Pollution, Paris, European Union, Mental Health, Noise Pollution, Noise

By David Bois | Mon Nov 2, 2009 2:00 PM ET

Getting a clear and high-tech view from above is at the root of a new satellite geared to improving our understanding of the earth's water cycle. Read More

More like this in: Water, Drinking Water, Ocean, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), European Space Agency (ESA)

By Erin Green | Tue Oct 13, 2009 6:04 PM ET

We don't know who you are Rhett Dashwood, but we salute you! Why do we salute Mr. Dashwood, you ask? Besides having the coolest name on the Internet (half "Gone With The Wind," half Jane Austen), Rhett Dashwood made a Google Maps alphabet. Read More

More like this in: Google, Australia

By David Bois | Thu Oct 1, 2009 1:25 PM ET

Management and protection of the Great Lakes is set to receive a boost with a systemwide map of threats to their well-being. Read More

More like this in: Climate change, NASA, Canada, University of Michigan, Lakes, Great Lakes Science Center

By Judy Mottl | Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:15 PM ET

Do your part to share traffic data; join the search titan's crowd-source mapping effort. Read More

More like this in: Google, Technology, Transportation, Navigation

By Steve Tanner | Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:19 PM ET

Google Maps tells you that the freeway is backed up for nine miles. So now what? You could take your chances on a back road, but now you don't have to. Read More

More like this in: Google, San Francisco, Seattle, Mountain View, TechCrunch

By David Jenison | Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:00 AM ET

Vienna's residents deal with a pile of problems Read More

More like this in: Pets, tourism, Vienna, Posters

By Katherine Gustafson | Tue Jul 7, 2009 6:56 PM ET

Ocean in Google Earth shows us how the watery half lives. Read More

More like this in: Google, Planet, Ocean, National Geographic, Monterey Bay Aquarium