This yesteryear calendar week both Mapbox as well as Google cause got been looking frontward to the 2016 Rio Olympics. In doing as well as then they also both playing to their mapping strengths.
Mapbox's Rio 2016 takes y'all on a mapped tour some the 32 venues of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. The map uses DigitalGlobe's latest high resolution satellite imagery to accept y'all on a guided tour of Rio de Janeiro as well as the venues beingness used inward the games.
The tour is a pretty great demonstration of some of the capabilities of Mabox GL. It uses the flyTo function to smoothly interpolate betwixt the dissimilar venues as well as locations inward the tour. It also uses bearing to rotate the map sentiment to supply dissimilar perspectives on DigitalGlobe's satellite imagery of Rio de Janeiro.
These days the Google Maps API looks rattling clunky side yesteryear side to Mapbox GL. However Google does yet cause got Street View. This allows Google to present y'all panoramic imagery from within the Maracanã Stadium. I suspect that every bit the Olympic Park as well as other venues nearly completion Google may liberate to a greater extent than Street View imagery related to the 2016 Olympic Games.
Any novel imagery volition hold out available to developers via the Google Maps API, However the Maps API is an afterthought these days for Google as well as the fellowship seems straight off to sentiment Google Maps rattling much every bit a passive consumer production rather than every bit a tool for developers.
In grooming for the Olympic Games thence Google has been concentrating on providing Indoor Maps of the 2016 Olympic Venues. When y'all zoom inward on a 2016 Rio Olympics venue on Google Maps y'all should straight off meet indoor maps of the arena. At the bottom right-hand side of the map y'all tin give notice occupation the numbers to navigate betwixt the floors as well as levels within the venue. If y'all select a flooring reveal the map volition present an indoor map of the selected level, alongside points of involvement such every bit concessions, restrooms as well as ATM's highlighted on the venue plan.
You tin give notice meet the novel indoor maps inward activity on Google Maps at the Maracanã Stadium.
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