Google Maps updated with better navigation, integration Earth and suggestions

On the first day of the conference Google I / O, the company presented the changes that Google Maps will pass. According to official statements, the update is the largest since the service launch in 2005, and it will be found both in the browser interface and applications for mobile platforms.

 One major change is switching to full vector maps, which are used by versions for phones and tablets almost two years, but have only now come to the web version. This change promises superior performance during loading and resizing and better visibility for the smaller details such as side streets, but for the benefit of all this, the user will need to use WebGL accelerated version.




The transition to vector maps, Google Maps will use the Google Earth data, enabling users to admire a 3D environment more complex than currently offered, which includes important buildings and images within them.

The new Google Maps

Web interface has gone through major changes, it now seemed an application rather than a Web page. It takes the already known Cards to make relevant data more visible, integrates results and scores given by friends of various points of interest, integrate natively with information gathered from Google+ provides rich additional information, such as work programs or traffic area.

 Applications for mobile terminals and they will get an update, their interface will be more airy. On this occasion, Google has announced that it will upgrade to the opportunity and iOS app, which will be compatible with iPad tablets.

The new Google Maps is already done, those interested can request an invitation on this page. Applications for Android and iOS platforms will be launched this summer. 

Google fooled us this April 1

It has become a tradition for large companies to prepare pranks for April 1, and this year Google has not disappointed fans. Google presented for Fools day this year, two new inventions, a new version of Google Maps and a new way to do more things at the same using Google Chrome.

Google Maps 8-bit version

New version of Google Maps has certainly stir among Nintendo fans and 8-bit applications. Google Maps provides with the occasion of April 1 possibility that Internet users by selecting "Quest" to navigate on a map of 8 bits.

Google Chrome Multitasking Mode

Google Chrome put in the forefront the needs of consumers and especially the need to do more things at once, in a world that often seems he's moving too fast.

Google Street Roo

Google has announced it will release an army of over 1,000 big red kangaroos, which will take up to 98% of Australian forests over the next three years. Specifically, the company decided the camera with an angle of 360 degrees, which made ​​images for Street View service, to be mounted on ... kangaroos.

Image underwater Search Engine

The experience of the underwater search was made by Google China: http://www.google.cn/landing/shuixia/.

Google Racing

Really advanced search, Interplanetary Analytics, Rotary Phones Site Optimization, Google, Now With More Fiber, Mayors Like the Idea . What do you think about this Google April Fools pranks and what's your favourite one?

Google Maps 6.0, now indoor

Google Maps is developing very rapidly. There are many updates on my Android phone in short periods of time. Google Maps now has reached version 6.0 and is promising navigation inside buildings. Interesting!



Google says it's nonsense to take you to the mall, or to the airport, and then you leave the front door inside a building like a huge maze. So Google developed Maps for interior. First will be covered airports and shopping malls in America, but anyone can submit building plan to be included in Google Maps.



What is curious to know is how you will be located in the building. The GPS does not work, so probably only on GSM signal. But how will you know what floor are you?