Topic: Google Maps
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Videos
Finding the Hidden Faces in Google Maps
Hey, is that soybean field looking at me?
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Maps
This Cutting-Edge Map Tool Turns Anyone Into a Cartographer
OpenStreetMap debuts a new map editor that will close the gap between grassroots mapping and its giant industry rivals.
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Photos
The Dali-esque Anomalies Hidden in Google Earth
Because of a glitch in the way that Google "builds" infrastructure of Earth, a number of highways look like they are melting and twisting.
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Toilet Tuesday
Google's Inside-Business Photos Sure Are Getting Surreal
Yes, that is a body being sucked down a toilet, and it only gets weirder.
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8 Tools We Used to Navigate the World Around Us Before GPS and Smartphones
A new Smithsonian exhibit takes on the history of "getting from here to there."
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Maps
Is Google Maps Changing Our Behavior?
For better or worse, people sacrifice spatial orientation for convenience.
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Videos
An Animated Allegory of the American City's Oil Addiction
Sometimes you just need a Google Maps monster to fully convey the state of auto-dependency in America.
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Maps
All the Cities Photographed From the International Space Station
If your hometown's been shot by astronaut/prolific shutterbug Chris Hadfield, it's probably viewable on this interactive map.
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Maps
Amazing Views From the Top of the World
Google Street View goes to its most extreme destinations yet: 4 of the planet's highest mountains.
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Maps
How the Internet Reinforces Inequality in the Real World
What happens to a community with no "digital shadow" on the web?
