New Google Maps - The Side Past Times Side Dimension


Today Google hosted a press conference called The Next Directions of Google Maps. At the lawsuit Brian McClendon, VP of Google Maps, gave a sneak preview of some upcoming additions to Google Maps.

Street View

There are immediately over five meg miles of Street View coverage around the world. Google silent desire to endure able to capture Street View imagery off-road. They accept hence developed the 'trekker' a Street View photographic tv set camera back-pack. The back-pack volition enable Google to capture imagery where fifty-fifty the Google trike can't go, such every bit inwards the streets of Venice or inwards the Grand Canyon.

3D
For Google basis Google are immediately using novel techniques for creating 3d imagery. Oblique imagery is beingness captured past times aeroplanes. Google so utilization stereophotogrammetry to create 3d images of buildings as well as landscape features. This should consequence inwards much to a greater extent than 3d imagery beingness available around the world.

Google Maps for Mobile
Soon Android telephone users volition endure able to utilization Google Maps without an mesh connection. Using Google Maps on an Android telephone users volition endure able to pick out an expanse on the map as well as so pick out 'make information available off-line'. Users volition hence endure able to download map areas earlier leaving dwelling identify as well as utilization Google Maps when out as well as most without an mesh connection.

Caching of map areas has truly been available on Android for a while. This novel iteration looks similar it volition accept to a greater extent than functionality, such every bit caching for all zoom levels. I too mean value users volition endure able to download multiple map areas, whereas at the minute you lot tin alone cache i area.
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