We say that history is written by the victors, but less acknowledged, perhaps, is that maps are also drawn from a rather one-dimensional perspective. But now, Google is attempting to present a more ...

Operation Lifesaver (OL) Canada announced April 18 that it is collaborating with Google Maps on a new safety feature to alert Canadian drivers, pedestrians and cyclists to rail crossings. “Many ...

The country may have felt forgotten when the feature expanded to New York, London, and Tokyo last year, but starting today Canadians can take a virtual tour of their own cities including Montreal, ...

OTTAWA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Every year, dozens of Canadians are killed or seriously injured in preventable train-vehicle and train-pedestrian collisions at railway crossings. These tragic ...

Recently, some Canadians have called out the tech giant over its mislabelling of provincial parks as “state” parks on Google Maps. In TV interviews and on social media, local residents have lambasted ...

After the search box, perhaps no other Google product is so synonymous with the company as Maps. Over time Google has come to see its mapping offering — now extended to mobile — and the underlying ...

Google Maps knows the routes that you frequent. Especially when you're already on a trip, it knows the roads you will take. Knowing that information, it can now give you proactive notifications about ...

The Street View feature of Google Maps, with its close-up views of city streets and recognizable shots of people, could violate a Canadian law protecting individual privacy, officials said on ...