Google Maps' new look with amazing features
“The world is an ever-evolving place. And as it changes, Google Maps changes with it. As roads close, businesses open, or local events happen in your neighborhood, you'll see it on Google Maps. When you schedule an event using Google Calendar, get a reservation confirmation in Gmail, or add a restaurant to your "Want to Go" list, Google Maps reflects that too. Now, we're updating Google Maps with a new look that better reflects your world, right now," Liz Hunt and Product Manager, Google Maps said in a blog post.
Google at the beginning of the year announced its all-new 'Lists' feature for Maps that gave users the ability to mark out places they want to recommend to family and friends. The feature was initially made available on mobile apps. After a good wait, the 'Lists' feature is finally arriving on desktop.
When you find places on Google Maps, you can save them to lists that will sync across your devices," said Google in a blog post on its Local Guides Connect site. This will mean that Google Maps users can now create and save a list from their desktops or laptops.
To create or share a list of places on Google Maps through desktop, users can find a place on Maps for desktop and then tap on Save. They can add it to one the existing lists or create a new one.
"Now, when you go to 'Your places' on Google Maps for Android, iOS, or the Web, you'll see places that you saved to lists from any device. And just like on mobile, you can click the three dots to share your lists with family and friends," added Google.
Google announced one another new feature in Search, one that is also coming soon to Maps. Google Search will now show you estimated wait times at restaurants, in a bid to arm you with that information before making your dining decision.
To see wait times for nearly a million sit-down restaurants around the world that allow walk-ins, just search for the restaurant on Google, open the business listing, and scroll down to the "Popular Times" section.
"There, you'll see the estimated wait time at that very moment. And by tapping on any of the hour bars, you'll see the estimated wait for that time period," Google said in a blog post.
"When it comes to a delicious serving of butter chicken or perfectly aromatic biryani, people are willing to wait in (long) lines for a taste of their favourite comfort foods. Now you can decide whether that Phirni is really worth an hour wait or plan ahead to get your fix at a time when you can avoid a wait entirely," the blog post adds.
As part of the new look, Google Maps will now only highlight local points of interest that are likely to be relevant to the type of map selected – driving, navigation, transit, and so on.
For example, petrol stations will be highlighted on the map when in navigation mode, but hidden when public transport is selected – since this is likely to be irrelevant.
Train stations will be displayed prominently when viewing the transit map.
Google also said that maps would get an updated color scheme with new icons added to more easily identify places like a church, cafe, museum or hospital not just by their symbol, but also with a corresponding color to make it even easier to identify.
For example, if you’re in a new neighbourhood and searching for a coffee shop, you could open the map to find the nearest orange icon (the new colour for Food & Drink spots).
These changes to the Maps feature will also be rolled out to the other apps that incorporate Google Maps information, like Assistant, Search, Earth and Android Auto. The changes also will be incorporated into the apps, websites and products that other companies have built using Google Maps APIs, the company said.
The company recently announced that one can now virtually visit all planets and moons in our solar system using Google Maps. Google Maps now enables a visit to Saturn's natural satellites such as Enceladus, Dione or Iapetus, Rhea and Mimas as well as Jupiter's Europa and Ganymede.
Google has also added to its lineup imagery of Pluto, Venus and several moons as well as made it easier to find them in maps.
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