Google maps sneak into ocean and underwater

Street View can be used to see the world in Google Maps, but - so far - users were forced to stay on the ground. That all changes today, as the first Google added underwater panoramas on Google maps - and began with the Great Barrier Reef.

In this paper, the Lat-Long Blog, Google highlights some of the most remarkable things to try, including a close-up of sea turtles with a school of fish, majestic manta ray, and - probably the most beautiful of all - reef at sunset.

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Motorola humiliates Apple iPhone 5 Maps application

"Apple came up with the idea to switch from Google Maps to their own Maps application, probably because they really trying to get Google, but this decision maps is expensive. Apple and Motorola Mobility to use the situation to make fun of Cupertino-based company.

Motorola is promoting its latest Droid RAZR M edge-to-edge display phone and Google Maps app in a campaign that shows how bad Apple's maps app."

"Looking for 315 E 15th in Manhattan? Google Maps on the DROID RAZR M to get there and not # iLost in Brooklyn."
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Google Maps now syncs searches across devices

When you travel, it can be difficult to remember all the places you've been looking for your home desktop browser. To make Google Maps more useful and complete, we added several enhancements to synchronize best maps experience on all your devices. Today, with the latest version of Google Maps for Android, we're making it faster and easier for you to get the information you seek in your browser, right on your Android phone.

Just make sure you are logged into Google Maps and your web history is able to obtain a number of new benefits, including search history and directions. When you start the place to write or guidelines in the search box on your Android device, you will see the directions and suggestions for places you've searched before - making it easy to quickly find directions on the fly

source: Google Lat Long Blog

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