Don’t be too surprised if Google Maps suddenly starts looking different soon. Google announced a rework for the Google Maps normal map tileset which will now pull in color data from satellite imagery.

Web developer Jill Hubley’s latest census map (h/t Gothamist) looks like a decorative art piece or collage. (You might remember her previous project documenting New York City’s tree distribution.) ...

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In brief: Google this week announced the rollout of new visual improvements that'll bring even more detail and granularity to its popular mapping application. It's not a huge change but when you ...

The familiar Google Maps interface might start looking a bit different soon. 9to5Google reports that Google is testing a major redesign of the default map layer with a new color scheme. The new color ...

The world’s changed a lot over the last quarter century. In fact, 22 percent of our planet’s livable surface has changed dramatically between the years 1992 and 2015, according to a new study ...