In addition to the 500,000 euro payment, Google will have to pay an additional 15,000 euro fine. A spokesperson for Google France promised that the company will appeal the verdict.

Apparently Bottin Cartographes argued that Google was planning to offer Maps for free only until all the competitors had been driven out of business — then, it argued, Google would start ...

google is scanning the EU right now, GB, Germany, France, Italy and spain will be online shortly. it looks like cities over the threshold 500k inhabitants will get street view coverage in those ...

Google created a Google+ page, an interactive Website and cool maps to help fans follow the 2013 Tour de France from afar.

Google had already released Street View imagery in July for the Tour de France route. Now they have more complete coverage for the following cities: Paris, Toulouse, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, and Lille .

You can add more waypoints to measure a more complicated route in Google Maps. For example, I used the iPhone to measure the distance between the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

Pro-Form's Le Tour de France Indoor Cycle replicates riding on routes selected via Google Maps, simulating the area's incline or decline by tilting the riding platform.