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Google Maps GTA's Liberty City

The success of a Google Maps design for Rockstar's blockbuster $500 million title Grand Theft Auto IV has game site IGN begging gamers for patience with their submitted content.

Google Working On Mapping Ocean

Google is working on a new product aimed at mapping the vastness of the ocean floor.A group of oceanography experts gathered at the Googleplex in December to discuss plans for developing a 3D oceanographic map. The new tool is tentatively called Google Ocean and is believed to be similar to other 3D mapping applications, according to sources familiar with the matter.The tool would allow users to see underwater topography, search for specific spots and navigate by zooming and panning.

Google Now Gives Street View Directions

Gigantic buildings are generally easier to see than four-inch street signs, and for that reason, it's often easiest to use landmarks to navigate.  Now, in some areas, Google can help; the company has integrated its Street View images and turn-by-turn directions.

Google Products Used To Track Nevada Earthquakes

WebProNews is based in Kentucky, where we're relatively safe from many types of natural disasters.  We felt something between a large rumble and a small rattle following Illinois's earthquake, however, which makes it more interesting on a personal level that Google Maps is being used to track other recent quakes.

Yahoo Local Runs In Circles

If you run a brick-and-mortar business or if your business is location-specific in some way, you likely pay close attention to mapping developments. Yahoo Local just upgraded its mapping services to help users zero in a bit better on different areas.

Google Maps Gets Contour Lines

Contour lines don't come up on a daily basis; it's rare enough that anyone even checks a map.  But contour lines do have a number of uses, and Google has just introduced the lines on its Terrain Maps option within Google Maps.

Familiar-Looking Google Maps API Premier Launches

On some level, it seems like Google is always expressing an "I want you to want me"-type feeling.  The volume got turned up a little, however, with the release of Google Maps API Premier.

Yahoo Gets Stylin' With Maps

New updates on Yahoo Maps bring along lots more neighborhoods and an improved style scheme to clearly represent map information.

Flash! Yahoo Updates Maps API To AS3

The developers spoke, and Yahoo answered. Support for ActionScript 3 arrived for the Yahoo Maps API today.

Google, Twitter Team Up For Primary Map

If you just can't stand to wait until late tonight or early tomorrow to find out the results of Super Tuesday, there are some ways to abate the political DT's. You could stare at CNN and Fox all day, or you could see real people's reactions and feelings. In this case, Google and Twitter have you covered.Okay, okay. When I said "real people," I meant people techo-hip and savvy enough to be using a microblogging platform like Twitter, which isn't, not even close, representative of the American whole. But still, this is pretty interesting.