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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Canadians are getting a little bit of love today from Google as Google Map Maker for Canada officially goes live. The project has been available in the U.S. since earlier this year and elsewhere since ...

A hiker was rescued from a cliff on Canada’s Mount Fromme over the weekend after rescuers say he may have become stranded while trying to follow a "non-existent trail" shown on Google Maps. A ...

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, ...

Maybe this hiker should have Googled where he could buy a paper map. A hiker had to be rescued via helicopter in British Columbia after he got lost — because he followed a made-up trail on Google Maps ...

A Canadian search-and-rescue group said it had conducted two missions recently after hikers “may have sought to follow” a nonexistent trail on Google Maps. By Amanda Holpuch A search-and-rescue group ...

Google is adding a slew of new updates for Maps, including a few AI-powered features that are designed to make it easier for users to search, explore their surroundings and get to their destinations.

Google Maps is getting an AI makeover, adding new features like Immersive View and making existing features like driving directions easier to follow. It’s also becoming more like Search. Google Maps ...

On September 5, Enayetullah Walizada, a commercial semitruck driver from Afghanistan, picked up a load of cookies in New Hampshire and plugged his destination — Union, Calif. — into Google Maps. He ...