It's surprisingly simple but it will save you tons of data and battery life. There's no denying the convenience of using a GPS-enabled smartphone on the road, but the constant navigation can eat away ...

Mapquest was there in 1996, almost a decade before modern-day Google Maps. It is the world’s first online mapping and turn-by-turn direction service. The name Mapquest was synonymous with finding ...

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When someone gives you directions using fast food restaurants as reference points, you might question what they've been smoking. Now though, Google Maps appears to be doing the same thing. If that ...

The Google LatLong Blog announced that you can now create your own custom driving directions in Google Map Maker. This comes in handy when Google Maps is missing roads, is mistaken on directions or if ...

Five years ago, the most sophisticated in-car navigation system displayed roads and street names, using GPS to locate a vehicle within a few yards and provide mostly reliable turn-by-turn driving ...