Tehran: Iran says it will sue Google over dropping the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps. The threat comes after the famous search engine left the body of water between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula nameless on its online map service. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says that if Google does not restore the name of the Persian Gulf, it will face "serious damages." Mehmanparast told the semiofficial...
04:30 PM, May 17, 2012
San Francisco: Apple will drop Google Maps in its upcoming mobile platform iOS 6 in favour of its own mapping system, it was reported Friday. The application design is said to be fairly similar to the current Google Maps programme on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, but it is described as a much cleaner, faster and more reliable experience, said technology news website 9to5mac, citing its sources. Over the...
05:42 PM, May 12, 2012
Chennai: Operations at Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) in Kalpakkam near Chennai continued to function normally, even as coastal areas in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh has been put on alert following a massive quake hitting Indonesia. "We were to halt operations following the Tsunami alert. But, after checking with authorities in Andamans, we continued with the operations at the plant," K Ramamurthy, Station Director, MAPS told. However, the plant...
06:26 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: The Indonesia earthquakes have again brought the focus to the dangers posed by seaquakes and resultant tsunamis. Most of the coastal countries in Asia face high risk of tsunamis and so do the countries on the western coast of the American continents. Tsunami threat is also eminent in the seismologically active Mediterranean Sea. About 90 per cent of the world's earthquakes occur along the Pacific Ring of Fire,...
03:56 PM, Apr 11, 2012
The earthquake off northern Indonesia is believed to have triggered a tsunami. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a tsunami watch for the Indian Ocean region. The map below shows the times when the tsunami is likely to hit the Indian coast. ...
03:38 PM, Apr 11, 2012
New Delhi: Finnish handset maker Nokia said it has added a new feature to its location-based services, enabling its smartphone users in Delhi and Mumbai to get real-time traffic updates in their cities. "Powered by NAVTEQ Traffic Pro, the 'traffic feature' will offer users detailed information on traffic speeds on motorways, main and secondary roads and enable users to plan their travel and save time and fuel and frustration," Nokia...
12:04 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Bangkok: Google rushed out its panoramic Street View maps in Thailand as part of the country's efforts to show tourist hot spots have recovered from last year's floods. But it also marked something of a change of fortunes for Google itself, which has weathered several storms in Asia over its mapping products. Google rolled out 360-degree images of the streets of Bangkok, the resort island of Phuket and the northern...
12:16 PM, Mar 25, 2012
New Delhi: In the honour of World Forest Day, Google has released images of the Amazon Basin through the Street View feature on Google Maps, thereby by giving viewers a peek inside the Amazon rainforest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. The pictures were captured last August when Brazil and US Street View and Google Earth outreach teams were invited to the Amazon Basin to collect...
01:48 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Nantes: A Frenchman took Google to court on Thursday over a photo published online by its Street View application showing him urinating in his front yard which he believes has made him the laughing stock of his village in rural northwest France. The man, who is aged around 50 and lives in a village of some 3,000 people in the Maine-et-Loire region, is demanding the removal of the photo, in...
12:01 PM, Mar 02, 2012
San Francisco: Google's next frontier in digital mapping will span the world's shopping malls and airports. An upgrade of Google's mobile mapping service released Tuesday includes directions within stores, malls, airports and transit centers in the US and Japan. The initial index only covers a small fraction of the great indoors, but Google Inc. is hoping that will change as more owners and operators of shopping and transportation hubs submit...
10:28 AM, Nov 30, 2011
San Francisco: Google Inc.'s online mapping service has changed the name of a Libyan location to what it was called before Muammar Gaddafi rose to power four decades ago. The change came late Sunday, just hours after rebel forces pushed into Tripoli with little resistance. "Green Square" is now "Martyrs' Square" on the online map for Tripoli, reflecting what rebels are now calling it. The change was made quickly because...
06:58 AM, Aug 23, 2011
Mumbai: Maps and some survey sheets pertaining to the Adarsh Housing Society that went missing from the state land records department have been traced, a judicial panel probing the scam was informed on Tuesday. Sanjay Dhikle, Superintendent of Mumbai City Survey and Land Records told the two-member commission that the documents are available. "The documents sought by the commission are available with the office of land records and nothing is...
08:25 PM, Jun 28, 2011
Mumbai: Maps and some survey sheets from 1872-1960 related to Adarsh land and surrounding Colaba areas have gone missing from the land records office of the city, the fourth such instance of files related to the controversial society going missing. The two-member Commission, probing the housing society scam, was told by Sanjay Dikhle, Superintendent of City Survey and Land Records, that historical maps of 1847 (the first time when Mumbai...
02:58 PM, Jun 25, 2011
Bangalore: Google announced its plans to offer Street View of Indian cities on its Maps platform. "We are launching the Street View project from Bangalore as it is the IT capital of India where IT-savvy users will be able to leverage the benefits of the facility optimally," Google India product head Vinay Goel told reporters here at a preview of its latest product. As a user-friendly feature of Google Maps,...
03:50 PM, May 26, 2011
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