Google’s 3D “immersive view” is not fully prepared, however you will get a glimpse of it beginning immediately. The corporate is rolling out updates to Google Maps for Android and iOS that introduce aerial views of near 100 well-known landmarks, together with Alcatraz in San Francisco, Massive Ben in London and the Empire State Constructing in New York Metropolis. The characteristic melds AI with billions of photographs (together with satellite tv for pc and Road View photographs) to create sensible 3D views. Google pitches this as a preview device for vacationers, nevertheless it’s additionally a helpful option to fulfill your curiosity with out reserving a flight.
Aerial views are accessible to customers worldwide. If one is on the market, you simply must discover a landmark in Google Maps and go to the Photographs part.
There’s additionally a pair of extra standard however very sensible upgrades. Google is upgrading Maps’ biking navigation with extra detailed routing information, together with heavy automotive site visitors, stairs, steep hills and highway sorts (comparable to a significant thoroughfare versus a aspect avenue). You may even have a better time evaluating routes. The biking upgrades will attain “a whole lot” of cities within the weeks forward.
On prime of this, there are new location sharing notifications that allow you to know when a pal arrives at (or leaves) a given place. This might show you how to discover out when fellow concert-goers have reached the venue, for example. The notifications solely kick in for individuals who’ve already agreed to share their places, and Google guarantees app and e mail notifications to make sure folks do not go away sharing enabled any longer than needed.
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