Sometimes, simple explanations can be the most revealing. Take this map, for example, which depicts thousands of years of human history by representing each country with a single word. Turns out to be painfully accurate. Read More >>

The good things about working for Google include stuff like being able to sit there on the internet all day and say it's genuinely for work, but the bad? How about having to wear a bright blue and green backpack and walk around in public? Read More >>

The ability to see maps in buildings and landscapes in 3D makes following along considerably easier than with just 2D. So researchers at the University of Washington have made generating 3D models of a given location dead simple using custom software and nothing more than a webcam timelapse video of the spot captured on a sunny day. Read More >>

A new way of mapping mobile data coverage is now live in the UK, which generates vastly more local and useful data than that provided by the networks -- and also separates call quality from data connectivity. Read More >>

Nokia is to be part of a big mapping tie-in with the enterprise giant Oracle. Given the current map furore, and bearing in mind that Nokia Maps is actually good, this could be the Finns' big chance: maybe, just maybe, Nokia could sneak through the back door and claim a victory. Read More >>

The map parts of Microsoft's Bing world have been significantly updated, with MS adding some 215TB of new satellite imagery to its "Bird's Eye" aerial views of the world. For a different viewpoint to the one offered by the omnipresent Google. Read More >>

Remember when Apple bought a little 3D map company called C3, and now there will be 3D maps on your iPhone? Now Amazon is doing the exact same thing. But why? You know why. Read More >>

Fancy loading up a river cruiser with booze and setting sail this summer to escape the Olympics? Soon you'll be able to check out your river routes and pick the choicest spot, thanks to Google. It's just begun mapping 2,000 miles of our waterways. Read More >>

WWDC is just hours away and reports are flooding in about Apple's next generation 3D mapping attempt. Apparently it's hired a fleet of private spy planes with "military standard" cameras that can snap you sun bathing in your back garden, or even film you in the buff through your roof windows. Read More >>

Google Maps announced it is rolling out offline maps for mobile, showed a new person-mounted Street View camera and is improving the 3D capabilities of its maps via aerial data. It's a major overhaul, one that comes in the face of Google reportedly losing one of its biggest partners. Read More >>

The new version of iPhoto doesn't seem to use Google Maps for the map features in Journals and Slideshows. It's a small departure, sure, but it signals a much bigger play. Because the thing is, Apple doesn't really need Google Maps anymore. And it's only a matter of time until it severs those ties completely. Read More >>

Intel's chips are finally going to start showing up in phones next year, and Ultrabooks are due soon, but it looks like the world's top chip maker's making a push in software, too. Intel just bought Israel-based mapping software company Telmap for between £193 - £225 million. Read More >>