Maybe your carrier has tight data caps. Or perhaps you'll be driving (or hiking) in an area with no coverage. Either way, you'll want maps and GPS that aren't dependent upon immediate Internet access.

Yesterday's introduction of the Google Maps Navigation service was seen by many as the death of standalone GPS. Rumors of the death have been greatly exaggerated.

It may be helpful to find coordinates on Google Maps if you want to share your exact location. Here's how to do it on your phone or computer.

Now, your smartphone is your map and GPS device. Google’s been at the forefront of this revolution courtesy of Google Maps, one of the earliest navigation apps.

In a paper published this week in Nature, Google researchers demonstrated they were able to use GPS signal measurements pulled from millions of anonymous Android mobile devices to map the ionosphere.

Google has finally copied the homework of its other GPS app Waze, adding support for Bluetooth beacons so you can navigate in tunnels or other satellite dead zones.

TomTom's GO Comfort is an affordable GPS navigator with a 5-inch display and various navigation features.

Want to really annoy someone who relies on Google Maps for satellite navigation? Researchers have come up with a novel way of stealthily sending people in the wrong direction, using $250 of ...

Google has developed a powerful new mobile phone application--interactive mobile phone-based driving directions--that is designed to increase the attractiveness of its Android phone operating ...

While state-of-the-art navigation has become a must-have these days, not everybody is a big fan of Google Maps, so stand-alone GPS units like those from Garmin still have a very successful niche ...

That is why for the next evolution of Google Maps, the search giant is mashing together augmented reality, computer vision, and AI to deliver more accurate and more useful directions and information.