Google Maps has been around for years and remains in the Top spot. It is the most used map app in the world, and you can use it on Android OS and iOS devices. There are many reasons why people love Google Maps, but here are some of the main ones: - It’s free - You can easily share locations with friends or family - You can see traffic conditions before you decide on a route - It has voice navigation so you don’t have to take your eyes off…
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Google Launches Street View in 3D [Maps]
In the year of 3D, Google is not offbeat. The popular StreetView Maps now get a Anaglyph 3D imagery. Since today is 1st april, I doubted if this was for real until I grabbed my 3D glasses. I couldn’t believe, it is 3D for sure. The depth of the 3D field is not all that huge, but when cruising in fullscreen, gives a delightful experience. To get a glimpse of it yourself, Navigate to Google Streetview here or this one for Times Square in 3d and click on the Icon…
Read MoreGoogle Maps Labs
Google maps recently had added Google Earth Ocean showcase, and continues map innovations by hitting Lab Experiments to Maps. After hitting almost every service, Google is here to test out new features in Maps. These new lab experiments brings alot of desired features, which were earlier limited to Desktop client, Google Earth. Click the green flask at the top of Google Maps and you get a chance to enable features Listed below: Drag ’n’ Zoom: Click the Drag-and-Zoom button, then draw a region on the map to zoom into. Aerial Imagery: (available…
Read MoreGoogle Earth Ocean Showcase
After exploring the Earth‘s streets, Mars, moon and back, now Google Earth will let you explore the Deep blue Oceans - a Unique chance to see the beauty of the bountiful oceans you might have missed before. Google is bringing ocean lovers a new portal to bring you a step closer to the amazing biological and topographical diversity that lies beneath the waves. It’s called the Ocean Showcase. In a blog post Google announced this all new creation. Dive into the ocean and discover who lives there — from a…
Read MoreGoogle Earth gets Augmented Animated Realtime activity: Will hurt Privacy in Future
Since a while, Google has been monitoring People activity and traffic behavior in the most popular regions around the Globe. The purpose: to make a virtual replica of the real world. Back in the days, it needed a undercover agent to spy on one person, Today all you need is Google Earth to do it on whole community. Using motion capture data the Google Earth has succeeded in mapping and animating the real time movements of cars, people and clouds. proper version the application is coming up next month. By that…
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