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 has confirmed it inadvertently erased some Google Maps Timeline data belonging to a number of people. The company told CNET the incident resulted from a temporary technical issue but did ...

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 ...

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

Google Maps users started complaining a couple of days ago that their Timeline data had disappeared — and last night, a Google spokesperson confirmed it had been deleted. Speaking to The Verge ...

To check for backed-up Timeline data, open Maps and go to the Timeline section. There should be a cloud icon at the top with an arrow—if it's a cloud with a line through it, you're out of luck.

Right: Google Maps. [Photos: Apple Maps; ©Google Maps Data] The more buttons there are covering the screen, the more they take away from what you are there to look at: the map.

On Wednesday, Google announced it would soon change the way it would store and access users’ opt-in “Location History” in Google Maps, making the data retention period shorter, and making it ...