Google has flexed its financial muscle and snapped up Waze, which had also been courted by Apple and Facebook

Google move allows developers to add Google Maps capabilities to their own applications

Google offers a free online teaching course for anyone wishing to become a Google Maps expert

A major redesign of Google Maps is under way, while Google Search will 'talk' to users to refine their searches

Brits get to annotate Google Maps, with Map Maker

Microsoft sued Motorola Mobility - and may now get Google Maps banned in Germany

Google Maps developers now have more features to draw on for mapping applications on iPhone and iPad devices

Google Earth has added another 100,000 virtual tours of fascinating locations for would-be globetrotters

A couple of new studies have revealed the economic, business and cultural benefits of the digital mapping industry

Google adds crowdsourced map of North Korea following years of work