Big or small, data can be difficult to visualize. These examples use heat maps to put massive data sets into a context that's easy to understand.

Google Maps Timeline Data Was Lost for Some People. Here's How to Restore It The company said a brief technical issue led to the data loss.

Google is adding new features to Data Layers in its JavaScript Maps API, which will allow developers to build a new breed of interactive apps that collect geographical data input from users.

A new app from Monmouth University's Urban Coast Institute brings ocean data straight to your cell phone. Here is what it does.

Location history data in Google Maps will soon be stored directly on user devices. Google itself will no longer have access to the data. This also means law enforcement won't be able to request it ...

Google has accidentally deleted Google Maps Timeline data for some users, and if you didn't have backups turned on, you can't get it back.

Rohan Katti and Amanda Beavin of Data You Can Use break down how to find and use the organization’s most recent Milwaukee ...

The Google Maps Timeline has long been a useful though slightly uncomfortable feature that maintains a complete record of everywhere your phone goes (and probably you with it). Google recently ...

This week Apple brought Apple Maps to the web in beta, bringing it one step closer to parity with Google Maps, which has long been available via web browsers.

“Geofence warrants,” which allow law enforcement to get location data across a wide area, have become commonplace in recent years.