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Google Maps now lets users pay for parking meters and subway rides directly in its Android app and iOS is ‘soon’ to follow Drivers tap the ‘pay for parking’ button from driving navigation in Google Maps Then you input the meter number and how much time you want to buy You can add more time … Read more
Computers nil, man with a pencil and paintbrushes, one. Meet James Niehues, an artist who has hand-painted over 200 ski resort trail maps across North America, South America, New Zealand and Australia, despite competition from map-makers using computer-generated imagery. His amazing artistry has shepherded millions of skiers in some of the world’s most famous resorts … Read more
Google snaps! Vet caught on camera by the Maps surveillance van does it AGAIN in another spot five years later – in practically the same outfit Charlie Tewson, 32, from Wokingham, took selfie with Google Maps van in 2015 He was outside the surgery where he works when he saw camera filming street Jumped at … Read more
A first-time buyer who got excited after finding a ‘cheap’ property online has told how he realised ‘something wasn’t right’ when he looked it up on Google Street View – and spotted a policeman outside. Scottish comedian Darren Connell said he’s been saving for a house for some time and was intrigued when he found the … Read more
A luxury mansion linked to Vladimir Putin in Siberia has been removed from a Russian online map site following an outcry over the president’s £1billion Black Sea palace. An £87 million hunting and fishing retreat beside the Yenisei River was previously visible on online Yandex Maps. But it has recently vanished from maps on this … Read more
Saved for the nation: Rare maps charting England’s defeat of the Spanish Armada will remain in the UK after public helps raise £600k to buy them The set of ten, dating back to 1589, are thought to be the earliest surviving representations of famous battle The collection were sold abroad in July, but a Government … Read more
As some 60 million Americans on the east coast prepare for the worst nor’easter in a decade, nearly 84 million across the US are experiencing some level of drought. The west and southwest areas were hit with a drought this past spring that continued and intensified through the summer, fall and now into the winter … Read more
The pandemic has meant that the great outdoors has never been in greater demand – especially for those holed up in urban areas. Now Google Maps has revealed the most popular outdoor locations for a stretch of the legs for residents in the UK’s major cities, based on what people searched for using the tool … Read more
Crude crop circle is visible from SPACE: Canadian farmer’s 800-foot penis design is spotted on Google Maps as he reveals the ‘giant Johnson’ is protest against politicians who only care about being reelected Prince Edward Island’s Jamie Rix carved a ‘giant Johnson’ in his soybean field The giant phallus points toward Ottawa, Canada’s capital It’s near … Read more
Australia had a vast inland sea, California was an island – along with Korea – and bizarre and terrifying sea creatures populated the oceans. Welcome to the cartography of yesteryear, when maps were informed not just by mathematics and exploration, but also by huge dollops of folklore and imaginative speculation – as fascinating book The … Read more