Search Engine Land

Google Adds Maps, Local Search For 30 Countries In Africa

Relying largely on crowdsourcing and its MapMaker product, Google announced the addition of maps and local business search for 30 countries across Africa: Our big announcement today is that we are ...
The Punch Newspapers

Google deploys AI to document Africa’s unmapped buildings

Google has added millions of previously unmapped buildings across Africa to its Maps service, following a major artificial intelligence initiative aimed at closing digital infrastructure gaps on the ...
The Nation Newspaper

Google begins $1b Africa investment with cloud capability in Nigeria, South Africa

In line with its promise to invest $1billion in Nigeria and other parts of Africa,Google yesterday said it is expanding its network through the Equiano subsea cable and building dedicated cloud ...
CNET

Planning a Holiday Road Trip? Here's My Trick for Using Google Maps Without Internet

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. As the holidays approach, millions of ...
Los Angeles Times

14 Greenlands fit inside Africa: Campaign gains global momentum for map accuracy

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...