Google Maps Adds New Features

In case you haven't visited Google Maps recently, you’re probably not aware of its latest updates. This last Tuesday, users visiting Google maps have been faced with a new functionality. Between the Traffic and Map buttons, a new "More..." button has surfaced. The new button has been set to provide users with more information about the different locations on Earth. The "More..." button provides two choices: Photos and Wikipedia.

Clicking the two options will fill your Google Maps with a bunch of icons featuring photos and links from Wikipedia. These links display additional information about specific landmarks and locations. The images are geotagged photos from Panoramio or from different users around the world. By adding this feature Google intends to enhance the users' experience and provide them with as much information as possible about a place. Since the release of Google Maps, Google has continuously brought new features to the online product.

We also informed you, early this week, that Google had added Real Estate information into Google Maps, which you can access by clicking the "Show search options" link and choosing Real Estate. This search options is, at the moment, available only to US users. Adding these new features to Google Maps, the search engine will most certainly provide its users with a comprehensive understanding of their surroundings. Unlike the Real Estate information, which can be used by a restrictive number of users, the photos and Wikipedia links are available worldwide.

News about Google's upgrade to its Maps product surfaced at the Where 2.0 conference, where another piece of interesting information was released. According to Lior Ron, Product Manager of Google Maps, the Mountain View company plans to add a Google News layer for both Google Earth and Google Maps. As some of you might know, Google has reached an agreement with New York Times, which resulted in the first built-in live updating layer of news from the NY Times in Google Earth.


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