Articles tagged “google maps”

Online Travel

The Future of Location Information in Travel Planning and Discovery

Skift | 10 years ago

Media and PR

New Skift Report: The Rise of Location Data in Travel

Geolocation is everything to travel now. From the smartphone in your hand to recommendations based on location coming to you on your desktop, information is tied to real-world locations now in ways that have revolutionized travel.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 10 years ago

Airlines

Google Launches Map With Street Views of Airports, Train and Subway Stations

Google has the resources, but not necessarily the focus, to become a go-to resource for airport images and information.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 10 years ago

Tourism

Brand USA To Launch Road Trips Campaign With Google

These Brand USA campaigns will be under great scrutiny from budget hawks in Congress, who would love to eliminate the countrywide promotional arm for U.S. tourism. The map/trip-planning idea sounds promising, but it all depends on its execution.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Online Travel

The Four New Features in Google Maps That Make Travel Easier

Google may never become the online booking killer that everyone expected it to become, but it can surely be the best travel information utility service on the planet, and it is using Maps to leverage into it.

Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago

Ground Transport

Google Maps Integration Leaves Out Waze’s Speed Trap Alerts

Google is all grown up now and won't take chances on integrating Waze's reports about police speed traps into Google Maps. That takes some of the life and authenticity out of the Waze community.

Dennis Schaal , Skift | 11 years ago