Google Maps
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* [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/critical-opalescence/2013/11/11/what-happens-to-google-maps-when-tectonic-plates-move/ What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move?] | * [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/critical-opalescence/2013/11/11/what-happens-to-google-maps-when-tectonic-plates-move/ What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move?] | ||
* [http://boingboing.net/2014/02/10/on-the-road-converted-to-ebook.html On the Road converted to ebook of Google Maps directions] | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/02/10/on-the-road-converted-to-ebook.html On the Road converted to ebook of Google Maps directions] | ||
+ | * [http://boingboing.net/2014/03/31/google-maps-spam-problem-pre.html Google Maps' spam problem presents genuine security issues] |
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Google Maps is a Web, mobile app, and developer API service which displays maps of the Earth from global to local levels. It is "free" in the sense of not costing anything for consumer uses, but not in the sense of being actually open and free of proprietary content; that's why Open Street Map was created as a noncommercial alternative to this and other commercial map services.