Google Maps is getting a very practical navigation feature
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Florian Christoph
the Google Maps service It has become an indispensable mobility tool that makes daily life more than just… Billion users comfortable. But Google Maps is still not perfect. One New job But it makes the service a little better.
For example, if you navigate to a specific location TitleGoogle Maps has no problems displaying correctly. in Larger buildings And the longer rows of houses, there is always some leeway when determining the address.
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Orientation is better
In order to be able to orient yourself better and faster in such cases, Google now also displays related cases Entrances Minutes per meter. This is very practical, for example in shopping malls, train stations or complex buildings.
Sometimes there was about one Subway station in Vienna Just a dot on Google Maps. But no Station entrancesIn most cases, they're somewhere else entirely – often on a different street, around the corner, or a few dozen meters away from the map signal. Now the respective entrances are in the subway station Exact display.
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This is how the input is displayed
For entries to actually be displayed, it is usually not enough to enter an address. It is necessary one Custom entry On Google Maps Click directly, such as a restaurant, a doctor's office, or the public entrance of a department store. Only then will the corresponding entries be displayed.
However, this new navigation feature is not yet fully developed. Google seems to have this feature Currently only as a test user. For example, I couldn't get input Vienna Main Station Let's see, in Western station However, they have been reported.
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Currently only as a test
However, it can be assumed that Google New job It will continue to expand in the future. If the mapping service has already been enriched with appropriate data so that the tool becomes publicly available to users, Google will use the new functionality Maybe he won't come back.
By the way: input display works offline only on Android devices. Anyone who uses Google Maps on one iPhone Currently no building entrances are visible. Displaying inputs doesn't work either Browser.
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