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Google has launched its Map Maker services in india which allows users to add or edit geographical features such as roads, businesses, parks, schools, apartment buildings and localities among others in the existing maps. There has always been WikiMapia which follows the crowdsourcing model of street level mapping and there have been quite a few [...]

You can now use Google Maps to explore Liberty City, the city in which GTA IV, the massively popular recently launched online game is located.
 
The Liberty City map application shown below enables users to find specific locations within Liberty City. (You can tend to get lost while playing).
 
 
The Map on the game is powered by Google and [...]

A recent article at AgencyFaqs talks about the importance of online maps and the importance of mapping to your business because of the advent and emphasis on localization.
“…with the increasing access to the Internet at higher bandwidth, online maps are moving into the consumer realm. Portals are looking for ways to integrate maps into [...]

GPS kits are being sent to locals in India by Google, to enable them to make more detailed maps of their area. After all the data has been uploaded and verified it becomes a part of the map.
This news comes via a speech which Michael T. Jones (CTO, Google Earth) gave at the Cambridge Conference. [...]

It seems like ages since i first started the India 2.0 series and now we are on the 4th part after india 2.0 part 1, part 2 and part 3. Till now we have covered social networking, social bookmarking, video sharing, picture sharing and even events sharing.
In the 4th part of India 2.0 we are [...]