On June 14, 2006 Google Maps was first launched, but it wasn't until 2007 that it was launched for mobile. Today, this site attracts millions of people looking to find routes to their next ideal location.
Google Maps was first announced on February 8, 2005 and in June 2005, Google released the Google Maps API.
February 8th, 2005 - The day Google launched Google Maps.
Google Maps.
Google Thailand was launched in March 2012. It followed a soft launch in February 2012 which was followed by a roll out of the various approved Google apps such as Google Maps.
Google Street View is a technology featured in Google Maps and Google Earth launched in 2007.
Google navigation began on November 4, 2009, adding to Google's maps. While the maps had been accessible on select mobile devices as early as 2005, the addition of "Navigation" to the suite of map services added higher functionality for travelers.
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The Google Weather service was first launched in 2008. As of 2012, they discontinued this service abruptly. However, many different weather options still exist.
When Google Argentina was launched was when some people waited for it to come out. Google Argentina was launched in 2012 from Google. Google was thinking about launching Argentina in 2006, but they decided not to.
Google Maps doesn't display the imagery dates, but Google Earth does. That's Google Earth the desktop application not the 'Earth' mode found in Google Maps. Google reports that the imagery in Google Maps and Google Earth is on average one to three years old. Since both use the same imagery database you only need to visit the same area in Google Earth and enable the 'Status Bar' in View menu to show the approximate imagery date for a given area in the lower-left corner of the screen.
Google Inc. Usually updates its digital maps yearly, including Google Earth and Google Maps.
Street View was launched in May 2007 so no photographs are older than that. Google is updating its imagery database on an ongoing basis so the images vary depending on the area. Google Maps normally shows the imagery date on the bottom left of the image. Likewise, to see the image date in Google Earth you first need to enable the 'Status Bar' option in the View menu. Likewise Bing Streetside eye-level imagery varies on the area as well but the date is not displayed. Streetside was launched in December 2009.
One can only download Google Maps if their GPS is an "Android" i.e. a GPS bought from Google. If you have one of these then you can download Google Maps straight from "Google Mobile Maps".