Mar 03
Time zones are strange old things
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Feb 28
A California appeals court has made what could be a controversial ruling: it’s declared that reading maps on a cellphone while driving is perfectly legal.
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Feb 27
Apple Maps has not exactly been the most accurate way to get around somewhere which you are not familiar with, as a grandmother in rural Pennsylvania can attest to. In fact, for the past one and a half years, Apple Maps has been sending skiers who rely on their iPhone to get around to her home, rather than the ski lodge which they intended to visit. Basically, Apple Maps would direct skiers who are on the lookout for Roundtop Mountain to go through Beaver Creek Road, but there is one major issue with such a directive – this route happens to be a dead end, as you can see for yourself in the embedded video above.
Apple Maps Send iPhone Owners To Grandma’s House original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Feb 27
Google just launched a Maps Gallery, a centralized atlas of maps created by governments, non-profits and other organizations. Though it’s still a nascent project, there’s already a lot of interesting finds in there.
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Feb 27
Google has launched Google Maps Gallery, a digital interactive atlas to showcase some of the ways charities, historic sites, galleries, businesses, and others have been creating custom mapping. The showcase … Continue reading
Feb 26
Trust the listings you find on Google Maps? You shouldn’t, because it’s dumb easy to fake them. That’s what Google Maps exploiter Bryan Seely demonstrated for me this morning. And while trolling politicians with dick jokes is never not funny, there’s also a whole sub-community of scammers turning Google Map’s little bugs into cold, hard cash.
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Feb 25
If you’ve ever wondered which country was the most popular tourist destination, wonder no longer—this map shows which countries get the most visitors every year.
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Feb 21
Nokia HERE Maps for Windows 8.1 will soon be available for all Windows 8.1 devices, the Finnish firm has confirmed, having previously been an exclusive for Nokia’s own Lumia 2520 … Continue reading
Feb 20
Imagine a world with countries re-shaped to have an equal population with each other. Some little countries get absorbed to create one large country while other populous countries get their boundaries re-drawn and are split up into a bunch of difference pieces (I’m looking at you China and India). This is what that world would look like. Each country has 100 million people.
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Feb 19
Well, well, well, New Mexico. Who knew you were so full of love? Turns out, your state ranks number one in the entire country for duration of sex with a ‘whopping’ 7 minutes and 1 second average. Go have some fun because according to this map, you’re the clear winner. As for the state that has the shortest sex session? That would be Alaska at a brisk 1:21. Get busy, guys.
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