They say Google Maps is losing its focus with features that push it away from the straightforward and convenient navigation approach it offered a few years ago, but despite the criticism, the app's ...

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Google Maps is the world's top navigation app and in February it will turn 20 years old. It's got new generative AI features, and a nimbler Street View camera that will help it map new countries.

Africa is not happy with how Google Maps portrays it. The popular Mercator map projection, used by Google Maps and many other online maps, distorts the size of landmasses, making Africa look small ...