Google Maps introduced it’s including photorealistic aerial views, new biking route info, new notifications for sharing your location, and extra.
Ariel Views
Google mentioned it’s including “photorealistic aerial views of almost 100 of the world’s hottest landmarks in cities like Barcelona, London, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo.” That is one step in direction of the immerive views announcement Google made at Google I/O.
Here’s a GIF of the photorealistic aerial views in motion:
To see an aerial view wherever they’re out there, seek for a landmark in Google Maps and head to the Images part.
Biking Particulars
Google is quickly including new biking route info so you’ll be able to evaluate bike routes and see much more granular particulars about your biking experience and extra. Google will present elevation alongside your route, additionally, you will see forward of time if you’ll encounter heavy automobile visitors, stairs, or steep hills in your route.
Share Location Notifications
Google additionally improved the share your location characteristic, the place you’ll be able to share your location with a buddy. Now you’ll be able to set a notification for the precise tackle so you’ll be able to see when your buddy arrived and meet up shortly. You would additionally set a notification to see once they’ve left the venue, as properly.
Notifications can solely be set for somebody who has already chosen to share their location with you. The one that’s shared their location with you’ll obtain a number of reminders to allow them to know — together with each a push notification within the Maps app and an e-mail, together with recurring month-to-month emails. You’ll be able to flip these off for privateness causes.
Aerial views of landmarks and placement sharing notifications are rolling out now globally on Google Maps on Android and iOS, with biking route info launching within the coming weeks within the a whole lot of cities the place biking instructions can be found.
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