It was a nearly cloudless, sunny day in San Francisco as I set out on my Wednesday drive. My goal: Test the accuracy and timing of the maps and driving directions provided by Yahoo, Google, MSN and ...

Everybody knows already that Google Maps is the world’s leading navigation app, and Google is working around the clock to make it an even more integral part of the experience behind the wheel. This is ...

“Based on location and time of day, Google Map driving mode will show ETAs for recently searched-for destinations.” In other words, Driving Mode is using existing addresses, where you’ve been, what ...

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 ...

As time goes on, more and more people are throwing away their old GPS devices, and just using smartphone apps like Google Maps to get directions. The downside here is that although apps like these can ...

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. Wayne Cunningham ...

The Google Maps app is seen on an Apple iPhone 4S on December 13, 2012 in Fairfax, California. We’ve all been there before. No, not lost on the road trying to figure out where you are, but rather ...