If you believe that Google Maps sending you on a five-minute detour for no reason is annoying, you'd better be happy because it can get a lot worse. A 16-member police team somehow decided to rely on ...

Crowdsourcing is a fantastic concept that works like a charm in navigation apps, and people running Waze know this best. Waze users contribute to the app's gigantic traffic data repository with ...

Drivers in Illinois will start seeing alerts from the State Police on their navigation apps. Notifications will warn drivers about crashes, traffic stops, and other conditions that could potentially ...

In the course of its globe-mapping mission, a Google Street View car appears to have documented the very moment that crime suspects deposited what sure looks a whole helluva lot like a wrapped-up ...

Google Maps is changing the “Speed trap” option in its incident reports. “Speed trap” is being replaced by “Police.” One of the best features Google Maps offers is incident reporting. Users have the ...