Google today offered details on the backpack it uses for creating maps of indoor locations. Dubbed Cartographer, the setup utilizes Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) technology to plot out ...

Google today said that it’s open-sourced Cartographer, a library for mapping movement in space in both 2D and 3D. the technology works with the open source Robot Operating System (ROS), which makes ...

In the second article in a series exploring some of the techniques Google uses to make its maps, the company today gives us an inside look at its Cartographer backpack. Google of course already has ...

An exciting announcement from Google, this will find itself in many places in our world. From stopping drones hitting things to mapping the world they see. I know that its already causing a buzz with ...

If you have been following the development of Google Maps over the years, you are probably familiar with the Trekker, the backpack that includes a complete Street View camera setup for mapping ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Google has an unusually high interest in strapping small computers to people’s bodies in the name of ...

IN TODAY’S world of online maps, mobile GPS and satellite imagery we have the whole world at our fingertips – but this wasn’t always the case. A Google Doodle is celebrating Abraham Ortelius, the ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- With its three-dimensional satellite imagery of the planet, its block-by-block detail of neighborhoods and its ubiquitous driving directions, Google is already the king of online ...

No, that’s not a movie title, and you’re welcome for never having to sit through it (although it might have a few… points of interest). Google map maker started in 2008 and lets people submit updates ...

The legendary cartographer was the first person to demonstrate an awareness of the theory of continental drift IN TODAY’S world of online maps, mobile GPS and satellite imagery we have the whole world ...