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by wayno » Wed 28 Aug, 2013 9:13 am
create or import your own geolocation data and save your own route maps online
https://mapsengine.google.com
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by GPSGuided » Wed 28 Aug, 2013 10:03 am
Very interesting! It's like Firefox vs Chrome and OSM vs Google Map Engine. They are going to cream this market.
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by photohiker » Wed 28 Aug, 2013 11:59 am
GPSGuided wrote:Very interesting! It's like Firefox vs Chrome and OSM vs Google Map Engine. They are going to cream this market.
Well, they might be a competitor in the smartphone market with that, but I'm not seeing where I download a garmin or magellan image to put on my gps...
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by GPSGuided » Wed 28 Aug, 2013 12:22 pm
Shall we say not yet. Can see where GOOG is going with this on a long time scale. Scary and so much for "no evil".
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