Google Maps is now offering some YouTube-style embed code which finally gives non-programmers an easy way to add maps to nearly any webpage. The new code can be found under the “Link to this page” ...

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A Canadian Google Maps user is upset that Google Maps no longer shows the correct Canadian postal codes for addresses. He posted his complaint in a Google Maps Help thread and listed some examples.

If you often send the location of various places via Google Maps, you can use the plus code to make things easier. Here is how to find the Plus Code of any location on Google Maps, which they ...

In 2014, Google launched the “Open Location Code” project as an alternative to street addresses that’s “easier to use than latitude and longitude.” Google Maps is now introducing a faster way to ...

In Washington, D.C., where I live, finding my way around is typically as simple as mapping my route from one address to another. Elsewhere in the world, however, things aren’t always quite so simple, ...