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Google Street View Drives By Shooting?
Hardigree may poke fun at the rough streets of Ray's beloved Detroit from time to time, but if these photos are what they look like they are, there's some dirt on Chicago too. Judge for yourself, but we can't help but see something going terribly wrong in these images captured in the windy city by the Google Maps Street View camera-mobiles. We've spotted everything from car accidents to Steve Job's Mercedes on the all-seeing cameras, but this takes it all to a new level.More »
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BMW's teaming up with everyone's favorite mapping monopoly, Google Maps, to bring a new addition to the BMW Assist Safety Plan. It's called "MyInfo," and it's a service which, in addition to sounding hip and techie-cool through deletion of the spaces in the name, will allow BMW Assist subscribers to send business locations, street addresses and their associated phone numbers to their car via some magical connection between the two companies databases. Look at it kind of like a way to use their ConnectedDrive feature from your home. You may already have intimate knowledge of what that's like if you've ever opened up a browser and spent any time at Google's "Local Search" page. The MyInfo system will be available in the BMW X5, X6, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 Series, effective with Model Year 2009, but for 2008 will only be available in the new big-reared 2008 BMW X6 — which, as you can see through the link, we've already had the privilege of road-testing. Starting four days ago, in 2008 X6 "Sports Activity Coupes" equipped with the BMW Assist and Bluetooth systems, customers will be able to call the phone numbers received with their Bluetooth connected mobile phone or, if their BMW is equipped with a navigation system, immediately start route guidance by a simple push of a button. Not to shabby a plan if you ask us. But BMW isn't the first to offer space-deleting net-based navigation connectivity.
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BMW Assist, Google Maps Introduce "MyInfo" Service For New Big-Ass X6
BMW's teaming up with everyone's favorite mapping monopoly, Google Maps, to bring a new addition to the BMW Assist Safety Plan. It's called "MyInfo," and it's a service which, in addition to sounding hip and techie-cool through deletion of the spaces in the name, will allow BMW Assist subscribers to send business locations, street addresses and their associated phone numbers to their car via some magical connection between the two companies databases. Look at it kind of like a way to use their ConnectedDrive feature from your home. You may already have intimate knowledge of what that's like if you've ever opened up a browser and spent any time at Google's "Local Search" page. The MyInfo system will be available in the BMW X5, X6, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 Series, effective with Model Year 2009, but for 2008 will only be available in the new big-reared 2008 BMW X6 — which, as you can see through the link, we've already had the privilege of road-testing. Starting four days ago, in 2008 X6 "Sports Activity Coupes" equipped with the BMW Assist and Bluetooth systems, customers will be able to call the phone numbers received with their Bluetooth connected mobile phone or, if their BMW is equipped with a navigation system, immediately start route guidance by a simple push of a button. Not to shabby a plan if you ask us. But BMW isn't the first to offer space-deleting net-based navigation connectivity.More »
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Thief Fingered By Canadian Car Forum Still Needs One More
Take note: You do not mess with the motorheads at Beyond.ca unless you want 46,000 righteously angry, resourceful, and tech-savvy Canadians on the lookout for you. This is especially true if you're an easily recognizable eight-fingered stoner who's too stupid to stash one of the more visible and distinctive cars in Calgary. Before long you'll have an unflattering new nickname and a target on your back that — thanks to Google Maps — is almost literally visible from orbit. More »
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Send Google Maps, MapQuest Directions Directly To Your Garmin
OnStar isn't the only company to work with mapping software companies. Garmin recently announced the ability to directly send maps and directions to a Garmin GPS navigation system. Rather than taking the painstaking process of looking up an address, writing it down and inputting it into your Garmin GPS navigation unit, you can just plug your Garmin into the computer and use a simple command now integrated into Google Maps and soon to be integrated in MapQuest on April 15 to shoot the directions directly to the Garmin GPS unit. More »
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Google will announce today a partnership with gas station service pump maker Gilbarco Veeder-Root to dispense Google Maps and driving directions on a color screen at 3,500 gas pump. We've been told pumpers will be able to scroll through several categories to find local landmarks, hotels, restaurants and hospitals selected by the gas station's owner. After the gas pumper selects a destination, the pump will print out directions. Eventually, Gilbarco Veeder-Root hopes to upgrade the Applause system so motorists can type in a specific address and get directions. So what makes this service different than other services offered by the widening net of social control that is Google? There won't be any ads. Seriously. Participating retailers will pay for the new pumps and then be able to make extra money from other merchants that offer coupons on the service. How nice. Screen shot after the jump. (Hat tip to CGRAHAM!)
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Google To Announce Partnership To Bring Google Maps, Directions To The Gas Pump
Google will announce today a partnership with gas station service pump maker Gilbarco Veeder-Root to dispense Google Maps and driving directions on a color screen at 3,500 gas pump. We've been told pumpers will be able to scroll through several categories to find local landmarks, hotels, restaurants and hospitals selected by the gas station's owner. After the gas pumper selects a destination, the pump will print out directions. Eventually, Gilbarco Veeder-Root hopes to upgrade the Applause system so motorists can type in a specific address and get directions. So what makes this service different than other services offered by the widening net of social control that is Google? There won't be any ads. Seriously. Participating retailers will pay for the new pumps and then be able to make extra money from other merchants that offer coupons on the service. How nice. Screen shot after the jump. (Hat tip to CGRAHAM!)
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Digital Destiny: BMW Drive Assist Pairs with Google Maps in Germany
Finally, BMW and Google have made that most crucial of connections between our digital and IRL lives. And that's not just more dipshit tech-hype speak. BMW announced a new system that combines Google Maps with its cellular-based Drive Assist system. BMW drivers no longer have to stop and get analog with pen and paper. They can now send locations from Google Maps Deutchland right to their cars. Then they can use the address as their sat-nav destination, or call it from their car. It's part of Google's nascent "Send to Car" service, which is destined to blow up once more automakers and aftermarket suppliers get on board. More »
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You Are Here, in a Rendezvous: Google Maps Mashup with Lelouch Film
No matter which side of the debate over Claude Lelouch's 1976 movie, "C' tait un Rendezvous," you're on — Ferrari 275GTB at 140 mph or Mercedes-Benz 450SEL 6.9 at no more than 85, with Ferrari soundtrack dubbed in — you can't deny the added dimension Google Maps has added to the famous run to Paris. Check out the latest mashup, which tracks the eight-minute trip from a tunnel of Boulevard P riph rique to Sacre Coeur hill as a leading line on a map of the city. It's the next to last best thing to actually being there. More »
