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Google Maps Favorite Places Overview

http://google.com/favoriteplaces | A brief overview of the Google Maps Favorite Places project and launch event at San Francisco City Hall, 7/15/09. Favorite Places is a project on Google Maps to call attention to all the interesting places and businesses that are found online. Watch Google Vice President Marissa Mayer and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom describe the project.

Zoom photo navigation in Street View (short)

(NO AUDIO) To add additional usability to our launch of user photos in Street View, zoom photo navigation allows you to navigate between similar user photos. This is particularly useful when one photo is a zoomed-in section of another, as this demo video of Big Ben shows.

Google’s commitment to free expression

Google was the 2009 recipient of the First Amendment Leadership Award, presented by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation (RTNDF). This video, which was shown at the awards dinner, highlights how our products enable people around the world to exercise the right to freedom of expression, even where governments routinely suppress free speech.