Hasta La Gadget!

Here we are with word that India, the second most populous country in the world, has a somewhat peculiar if not “impossible” case of a lost kid who had the help of Google Maps in getting home after being lost for a quarter of a century later.

It is said that when he was just 5 years old, Saroo Munshi Khan fell asleep on a train in India with his brother, and when he woke up, he was all alone with nobody else around. This would mean he was lost in a country that had more than a billion people living in it, but thankfully, he was adopted by a caring Australian family who also placed a map of India in his room to make sure that he always remembered his roots. It was no surprise then, that Saroo had the internal urge to find his family, but with nothing else other than faint memories to assist him, the experience was somewhat similar to finding a needle in a haystack. Good thing there is Google Maps and Google Earth which allowed him to check out his home country on his computer, resulting in him piecing together his past memories into a journey home.

In May this year, we did talk about how a kidnap victim managed to find his way back home after 23 years because he obtained some help from Google Maps, based on his memory of his hometown that depicted a pair of distinct looking bridges.

Google Maps Allegedly Helps Indian Boy Find His Way Home 25 Years Later original content from Ubergizmo.

Google Maps has been adding an ever-increasing amount of Street View imagery to its service allowing you to actually see the streets you’ll be driving, biking and walking on when you’re going somewhere. I think most of us probably use Street View imagery more to see our own houses or to see if we were caught on the Street View cameras more than anything else. One of the cool things that Google has been doing is allowing some businesses to offer interior views to prospective customers.

Lamborghini has announced that it has teamed up with Google Maps to offer an exclusive interior view of its museum located in Sant’Agata Bolognese. You may not ever get to travel to Italy and see the museum firsthand, but you can explore both floors and all 1500 square meters virtually from your smartphone, tablet, or web browser.

Inside the museum, Lamborghini has all sorts of famous cars from its street-legal car line, as well as prototypes, limited editions, and racing cars. One of the coolest features is that you can actually check out the interior of some extremely limited edition Lambo models including the Reventon, Estoque, and Sesto Elemento.

Click this link to check out the full 360-degree view.

Google is constantly working on Google Maps adding new content and improving existing content. One of the most interesting things that Google allows for some businesses is the ability to explore the interior of the business or location using indoor view. Google and exotic carmaker Lamborghini have teamed up for something fans of Italian automobiles […]

With some features rolling out the Maps Preview and some appearing only in the USA version of Google Maps, the team responsible for this navigation experience have ushered in a new set of features long-awaited by Maps users the world over. The first and most significant of these additions is the push for multiple destinations. […]

Back in May the internet search giant gave us a preview of the new Google Maps. With the feedback it has received since then, it has added more new features to make the user experience even better. Google says that one of the most requested features was directions for multiple destinations, the feature has started rolling out today. Users simply have to choose a starting point and then click ‘+’ to add stops along the route by either type the place in the search box or clicking on the map. New Google Maps will generate directions for all of those destinations.

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New Google Maps Gets More Features original content from Ubergizmo.