The very clean look of Gmail and other recent Google apps for iOS carries over to the mapping tool.

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So, presumably, any mapping tool Apple offers likely will be available for major locations in major cities first, before spreading elsewhere.

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Since the ARCHOS GamePad is effectively a portable gaming device and tablet hybrid, the company created a patented game recognition and mapping tool so that any game available on the Google Play store can be played using the GamePad.

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For World Press Freedom Day celebrations around the world were publicized through a crowdsourcing tool incorporating interactive mapping.

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Susan Adams likewise came up with two new names to know next year, Crisis Mapping, an increasingly potent humanitarian tool, and Escudo, the once and future currency of Portugal.

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The milestone tool is straightforward and focuses on mapping and tracking and what is getting done by when by whom.

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