On Thursday, Google Maps launched a redesign that highly solicits the reviews and photos of the users of places that they have visit, looking for to grow its data in a field that has been led by local search apps like Zomato, TripAdvisor, and Yelp.
Google Maps Celebrates Its 15th Birthday
Google Maps is a very popular web mapping service that has been developed by Google. It also offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, among so many other features. Google Maps was co-founded by Australian software engineer Noel Gordon and at the time of launch it was entirely web based.
Nowadays, Google Maps is used by billions of people each day, and it went live for the first time on 8th February 2005. A year later after its launch, that figure would increase to 60 million.
At the start, Google Maps were being served to more than 10 million times per day in spite of the fact that users needed to print out their map before heading out.
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There are more than 1 billion people now turn to Google Maps to see as well as to explore the world, the company stated.
The new look, which happen together with Google Maps’ 15th birthday, presents a “Contribute” tab to a menu at the bottom of the service’s mobile app, Google stated in a blog post.
In order to celebrate its 15th birthday, Google Maps is being updated with a new look along with the new features for both Android and iOS.
The move may possibly draw concern from Yelp, TripAdvisor, and other companies that have cheered antitrust investigations into whether Google has unsuitably used its authority in search to promote its newer tools, such as restaurant comparison.
Yelp, TripAdvisor, and Zomato, all of which feature user reviews on businesses, may possibly not directly be reached for comment. Google also stated that it had responded to user feedback for making contributing easier for the hundreds of millions of people every year who submit data.
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The new features is going to allow people to check in advance if the temperature is considered by past riders as on the colder or warmer side. The explore feature will let you know about what’s close to you whether you’re looking for something to eat or else something to do or something to see which consists of restaurants, attractions and landmarks complete with ratings and reviews
The commute feature will tell the travellers in advance, no matter how you are travelling either by car, public transport of walking, the Commute tab is going to help you find the most efficient route which is updated with real-time traffic as well as travel times.
Every year, there are millions of people who add information to Google Maps for helping to keep it up to date.
Dane Glasgow, Vice President of Product, Google Maps, told reporters through video conference from Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, “We’ll start rolling this out globally in March, although availability may vary by region,”
“Over the coming months, we’ll be expanding Live View and testing new capabilities, starting with better assistance whenever you’re searching for a place. You’ll be able to quickly see how far away and in which direction a place is,” Glasgow said.
