Google previously announced (at its I/O developer conference) the creation of a Places API as part of the Google Maps API. That Places API is now open for business and being made available to third ...

Google has launched its Places API for Android and opened a beta program for it on iOS today. It will allow developers to add better location pickers to their apps, so users can specify where they are ...

Google Play Service’s Location APIs give you an easy way of displaying the user’s current location, but there’s only so much value you can get out of a “You Are Here”-style marker on a Google Map! The ...

Google is putting its best foot forward for those accessing its Places API. To provide better search results, the Places API is now integrated with Maps results. Developers have been requesting that ...

At Google I/O in May, the search giant indicated that they were about to take their commitment to location to the next level. Sure, Latitude had been around for a while, but everyone knew that Google ...

You no longer need to imagine what the whole world would look like if it was made from Lego-- you can check it out in Google Street View. Swedish developer Einar Öberg has created Brick Street View, ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Geocoding is the process of mapping an address or a location name to a point on ...