Geospatial scientists have developed a new program to monitor street signs needing replacement or repair by tapping into Google Street View images. The fully-automated system is trained usin... Read more
The modern image of Detroit is of a city that’s falling apart. But it’s easy to forget how quickly it’s happening before our eyes. Earlier this year, hundreds of workers drove down Det... Read more
Image via CrunchBase We’ve written before about 360-degree video (here demonstrated with an awesome interactive video that puts you in a base-jumper’s shoes) – it’s e... Read more
If Google Street View and Chatroulette mated and gave birth to a lovechild, it’d look a lot like MapCrunch. For the record, this is not a TechCrunch network site, and would have probably bee... Read more