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  2. Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company - Wikipedia

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    Notable vessels built included the early Royal Mail Steam Packet Company liners Clyde, Dee, Solway and Tweed in 1841, SS Thetis of 1857, which John Scott (1830–1903) financed himself to test his theory about high pressure steam in the compound engine, which worked at about 120 lb f /in 2 in Thetis, [7] the early tanker Narragannsett in 1903, the barque Archibald Russell, the British S-class ...

  3. Google Maps - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...

  4. Google Maps Navigation - Wikipedia

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    Google Maps Navigation is a mobile application developed by Google for the Android and iOS operating systems that later integrated into the Google Maps mobile app. The application uses an Internet connection to a GPS navigation system to provide turn-by-turn voice-guided instructions on how to arrive at a given destination. [1]

  5. Locator map - Wikipedia

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    For example, Google Maps uses a locator map to orient visitors to its site, included as a toggle button. These locators often feature a movable box that assists the user with navigating the main map. Other applications using locator software allow people to generate their own location maps by entering some basic information about where they are ...

  6. Comparison of web map services - Wikipedia

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    Apple Maps Yandex Maps; Location Post code, street name, ... Mercedes-Benz in-car system, Alpine in-car system ... Google Maps Bing Maps MapQuest Mapy.cz

  7. Applecross - Wikipedia

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    Bealach na Bà was until the mid-1970s the only road linking Applecross with the rest of the country. Extremely isolated, Applecross was accessible only by boat until the early 19th century, and for many years after that the only road access was over one of Scotland's most notoriously treacherous roads, the Bealach na Ba ('Pass of the Cattle'), which crosses the peninsula and reaches a maximum ...

  8. Ravenscraig steelworks - Wikipedia

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    The closure of Ravenscraig in 1992 signalled the end of large-scale steel making in Scotland. [8] It led to a direct loss of 770 jobs, and another 10,000 jobs linked to these [ 9 ] (although the nearby steel plants at Dalzell in Motherwell and Clydebridge in Cambuslang were in 2012 still in operation under the ownership of Tata Steel Europe ...

  9. Google Maps pin - Wikipedia

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    The Google Maps pin showing a location in the Google Maps app Google Maps logo as of 2020 The pin in Google headquarters, next to a Google Maps Street View vehicle. The Google Maps pin is the inverted-drop-shaped icon that marks locations in Google Maps. The pin is protected under a U.S. design patent as "teardrop-shaped marker icon including a ...