Apart from all the hardware-based announcements, Google is also updating their Maps app for Android with offline maps support, and a big update to Google Earth, which takes it to version 7.0 and features highly detailed 3D maps of cities around the globe. More details after the jump!
If you’re an iPhone owner since 2007, the introduction of iOS 6 may represent what seems like the passing of an old friend as Apple cast out the old and brought in the new with the replacement of Google Maps with their own mapping system. A large group of users are willing to embrace change and really have no opinion on the situation, but with Google providing a tried and tested comprehensive mapping experience, some are understandably skeptical about the whole affair.
Google Maps is - unsurprisingly - a stock feature of the Big G's mobile operating system, and has today been served a pretty significant update.
It would appear that someone at Google isn't going to stop mapping things until they have every square inch of this planet and beyond sat on an Android device for our delectation. This latest release of Google Maps, up to version 6 now, illustrates that point perfectly by taking Google Maps one step further than the awesome features we have all become so accustomed to over the years.
Weeks after iOS 5 beta was first released, a user has noticed a fun addition to operating system’s legal disclaimers (found under Preferences > General > About > Legal). A new section makes references to several mapping companies, such as TomTom, which could mean that Apple might be developing its own mapping service instead of using Google Maps, like it has since the iPhone’s inception.
Google's latest addition to its growing Maps product is Business Photos, which was launched today by Google's Vice President of Location and Maps, Marissa Mayer.
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