Tag Archives: Maps

[unable to retrieve full-text content]New EV features for Google Maps have arrived. Here’s how to use them.  The Washington Post Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content] New ways to find EV charging stations on Google Maps  The Keyword | Google Product and Technology News Google will soon show EV charging stations to help with range anxiety  Business Insider New EV features for Google Maps have arrived. Here’s how to use them.  The Washington Post Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Maps will use AI to help you find out-of-the-way EV chargers  The Verge Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Maps navigation just got a big 3D upgrade  Android Police Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google Maps update improves Android Auto navigation experience with 3D building syncing  PhoneArena Source link

Enlarge / The Google Phone’s Play Store listing still touts Nearby Places as a major feature. Google 9to5Google reports that Google has killed off the Google Phone app’s “nearby places” feature. Google announced the impending death of the feature in February, saying: “We’ve found only a very small number of people use this feature, and the vast majority of users go to Google Search or Maps when seeking… Source link

An accumulation of water in the foundation of a construction site in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul has falsely been identified as a lake on digital maps such as Google, Apple and Yandex. The construction work in the Koşuyolu neighborhood, which started in 2015 with the plan to build a hotel next to the D-100 highway, was halted by a court decision in 2016 after the company dug the foundation. For the past eight years, nothing has been done to the area, and it… Source link

Besides using Live View and your camera for VPS, Google has a new device orientation solution for Android map developers with the Fused Orientation Provider (FOP) API in Play services. Device orientation, or attitude, is used as an input signal for many use cases: virtual or augmented reality, gesture detection, or compass and navigation – any time the app needs the orientation of a device in relation to its surroundings. This is still a tricky problem given that GPS… Source link

If you use Google Maps every day, you probably also use its Street View feature. Street View uses recent street photos, taken by those conspicuous Google cars you’ve probably seen out on the roads, to let you virtually visit locations all over the world, like landmarks and national parks. It’s really useful if you want to check out the outside of a restaurant or bar before you go there, or for identifying a unit in a building that you’ve never been to before. If you’re driving to someone’s… Source link

Glanceable Directions are finally hitting Google Maps a year after the Menlo Park-based tech giant announced the feature. The feature will roll out to users on all iOS and Android devices. Google’s commitment to upgrading Maps is welcomed as Glanceable Directions is yet another new feature the company has introduced in the past couple of months. SEE ALSO: New Waze safety feature warns users of roads with history of crashes What are ‘Glanceable Directions’? Announced in February 2023,… Source link