Instead of the traditional yellow “Pegman” that represents a user’s location, a “Queen” version wearing a royal dress and crown was activated, which Google respectfully named “PegMa ...

When switching to this mode, a small yellow human-shaped figure, known as PegMan, that users can make move around the map, appears. For those in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace, the figure would ...

You might not think of him very often, but you know the Google Maps pegman quite well. Every time you zoom down into a new, strange locale, he’s there, pointing the way. But where did he come from?

As many will know, you have to drop the so-called "Pegman" whenever you want to explore at street level. For years, whenever you hovered it around Buckingham Palace, the figure would transform ...

For starters, Pegman for street view is back. You remember Pegman. Maybe you even still know him from the old Google Maps you keep switching back to every time the service asks you if you'd like ...