Google’s also throwing a new Geolocation API into the mix, which means that an application or device can determine its own location sans GPS. How does it do this? Well, by establishing the ...

A new set of two API releases for developers will soon have 3rd party apps working with Google Maps features that will allow them to be location aware – with location information not just ...

In its never-ending quest to dominate the global mapping scene, Google has just rolled out a new pair of APIs designed to help organizations build their own location-enabled applications. The ...

Google, in partnership with IoT platform vendor Particle this week announced a new approach for achieving the same functionality using the Google Maps Geolocation API instead.

Google today launched two new APIs for Google Maps that are specifically geared toward tracking the location of vehicles, mobile resources and employees. By announcing these new APIs on its ...

The new update to Google Gears will now work with Location Based Services. Up until now, this has really been used with cell phones, such as Google Maps, to find things close to the phones ...

The Geolocation API can run on any browser that has Google Gears and automatically will run on Android and Google's browser, Chrome.

These devices can use the Google Maps Geolocation API to configure time zones and other location-aware settings automatically, Nevarez said.

Computer security company Absolute Software Corporation is extending its products to use Google Maps to provide improved device geolocation tracking in its Absolute Computrace product. The partnership ...