Google Maps: A major over-haul of the application since its birth

Ravi Kolhe | 5/23/2013 | | | | |
Google Inc. has taken up a challenging task to create real-time but customized maps for all the mobile device users in the world. Apart from discussing and launching various products/tools during its yearly I/O developers’ summit, the technology giant has announced fresh-looking Google Maps that has been rebuilt from scratch.

This remodeling of the entire map applications is the first of its kind ever since it was released in the consumer market exactly eight years back. After logging into Google, users will be able to access its map applications. All the maps will have highlighted points that have high volumes of footfalls at any given time of the day. For instance, users will be able to easily find out nearby restaurants, offices, museums and their homes with the help of these enhanced Google Maps.

In order to provide much more personalized services, Google will collect user information from myriad sources like Google+ posts, messages in Gmail in-box, online search and Maps history. People who are on a tour and are on a visit to a foreign land will get customized suggestions on places of interest that is based on their preferences.

Google Maps: A major over-haul of the application since its birth
Moreover, Google will help them to connect with people that lead a similar lifestyle such theirs when they are in a new city altogether. As a result of all these additional features included in the Google Maps, users will not fall short of choices when looking for certain things/places in an unknown country. So, a whole lot of cafeterias will come up with a single search of cafeteria in a given area.

This will happen because of the real-time feature of Google Maps. Due to this navigational feature, as soon as a particular cafeteria is selected all the roads connecting to that particular place will become prominent while gradually diminishing that of the others. In addition, it boasts of a totally revamped look and feel.

This is because Google Maps from now onwards will take up more screen space and that it’ll cover every corners of a gadget it accessed upon. The new Google Maps are different in more ways than one. Against every map search, the application will throw up a labeled map of the location, besides providing appropriate information about the same.

All these features are absent in the previous versions of the Google Maps. Those places on the maps may have purple-colored advertisements and may be offered as a coupon for local business establishments. Additionally, Google Maps users can now directly access Google Earth without having to download them.

Through recent improvements in Google Maps application, its users can now take advantage of the 3-D images of Google Earth that has been incorporated into it so that they can access them via the Internet. By the virtue of all the enhancements, users will be able to travel around a city with the help of 3-D images as well as glance through the outer space to view the blue planet in real-time. They can also enjoy a panoramic view of the Milky Way galaxy, home of the solar system.

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