Silicon Valley startup Civil Maps creates detailed street-level maps of cities using vector-based graphics, letting cars determine their position based on distance to known objects.

Most people know Google Maps as the go-to app for driving directions. It helps you avoid traffic, find the fastest route, and ...

One of the best Google Maps features that I use while traveling to new cities or countries is Street View. This is an immersive, 360-degree view of any street that you select, if the view is available ...

You’re probably used to getting turn-by-turn directions to your next destination with Google Maps, but there’s also a pretty-well-hidden Driving Mode just for… well, driving. It alerts you ...

Google’s big Google Maps driving mode redesign and the new Assistant feature aim to make the driving experience even easier for the driver.

Google Maps has a lot of features hiding away, and there's more to it than simply getting from place to place. Here are 11 of my favorite underrated features.

Including navigation directions, that is, as DuckDuckGo has recently announced the debut of driving and walking modes on its web interface.

A map app is only as good as your access to the Internet. Now drivers who have ever been frustrated by losing navigation can use Google Maps offline and still have access to directions. The latest ...

Self-driving cars navigate using both onboard sensors that spot obstacles and detailed, 3-D maps of streets, signs, and infrastructure. But building these maps, and keeping them up to date, is a ...