81 m. ago Google Maps discovery exposed killer who was on the run after shooting men in rage

Leslie Todd Parvin had gone on the run after shooting Edgar Lopez and Pablo Gutierrez-Guzman dead in 2010. But a quick Google Maps search helped police track him down

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1 hour ago Are you a Type A traveller? Why the quest for perfection could be ruining your holiday – and your relationships

Tomas Telegramma’s endless quest to optimise his holiday was doing the opposite. Here’s how he learned to put down the to-do list and love uncertaintyRome. Late summer. The crowds aren’t easing, nor is the sun, and it’s about to sear a hole in my relationship. Hot, hangry and hungover – a diabolical combination – we’re our own kind of ancient ruins, skulking aimlessly in what feels like a black hole: an area nowhere near any of the 50-odd places I’ve saved on Google Maps for our four-day stay.A bakery appears. Then a panini bar. Then a trattoria. Then another. We don’t stop. Instead I feverishly research them online for any signs of superiority. None were pre-approved on my months-long mission to compile the ultimate Rome hitlist, cross-referencing recommendations from friends with what I had found online. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago He vanished after murdering two men – then Google Maps image changed everything

Leslie Todd Parvin had his hiding place exposed 15 years ago when cops had a major breakthrough in a double murder investigation thanks to Google Maps

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6 h. ago Murderer vanishes after shooting dead men – then cops make unnerving Google Maps find

A man who went on the run after killing two men had his location exposed after police officers managed to track him down with a simple but clever Google Maps search

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22 h. ago Google Maps forced to make change in Canada after outrage over provincial parks

Canadians are furious with Google over its mislabelling of local provincial parks

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6 d. ago My dad died a year ago – and a photo of him on Google Street View brought me up short | Adrian Chiles

A friend sent me the image by surprise and I felt a lot of things very strongly: love, upset, amusement, pleasure and angerAn old friend sent me a photo that caused me to stop whatever I was doing. I stared at it for a long time, possibly without drawing breath. Martin and I grew up living next door to each other. He now lives in Australia. It was from there that he sent me a screenshot of Google Maps’ Street View, showing what had been our homes. Side by side, just bricks and mortar obviously, but teeming with meaning for both of us. That wasn’t the thing though. The thing was that in a corner of the photo stood a familiar figure in a red jumper. My dad.He died this time last year. And yet here he was, standing under the tree next to his car. I felt a lot of things very strongly all at the same time: love, surprise, upset, amusement, anger, pleasure and other things. This was a month ago, but it’s on my mind again this week as it would have been his 87th birthday. And I’m still no ...

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7 d. ago Mysterious triangular 'black hole' in the Earth caught by Google Maps satellite

Strange structure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean sparked many a conspiracy theory - but the truth is even stranger

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8 d. ago Clarkson fans are turning our villages into traffic gridlock hell: Furious Cotswolds locals blame Google Maps for turning narrow roads into rat runs between star's pub and farm shop

Admirers of the TV star are said to be clogging the most direct back highways between his Diddly Squat Farm Shop and Clarkson's Farmer's Dog pub 12 miles away in Oxfordshire.

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