After Strava acquired and shut down the popular 3D mapping app FATMAP, skiers were left scratching their heads. Strava’s CPO and CTO kindly responded to questions about the future of the app. The 2024 ...

With the FATMAP 3D mapping app sadly shutting down for good earlier this week after being acquired by Strava, backcountry skiers were left hanging without one of the most useful tools for navigating ...

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Niantic is releasing a new version of its Scaniverse app to let users capture objects around them with more details. Scaniverse 4 will allow users to capture places and objects in 3D through a ...

Google Maps is getting a huge update. The new “Immersive Navigation” mode brings a real 3D map with buildings, crosswalks, and stop lights. Google’s Gemini AI is also being integrated into Maps, ...

Google has added another 3D buildings option to Google Maps. The app already offered a 3D buildings toggle as a layer, but this option applies to navigation. Google Maps is considered the top dog in ...

Currently, this feature defaults across different platforms including CarPlay (iOS), Android Auto (Android), and iPhones (iOS). So far, in beta, the current version of Google Maps for Android (v125) ...

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Niantic wants to build a richer 3D map of the world, and it’ll use its 2021 acquisition of Scaniverse to do that. After a major update to the app, Scaniverse 4 will allow iOS users to scan landmarks ...