Google today unveiled the latest planned in the coming weeks for its mapping service Maps. The program includes three-dimensional maps and offline mode on Android further.The Mountain View company beat Apple, which could be next Monday iOS 6 has a new mapping application that does not clearly based on Google Maps.
As foreshadowed, the future of Google’s mapping service will be in 3D: thus understand that instead of the default view maps for high and flat on an Android smartphone or IOS, the Google Maps application to provide a 45 ° to see the buildings, but also the landscape in three dimensions on his mobile. An aerial view greater than satellite, in short.The demonstration by Google is very fluid, but one can imagine, however, that the report will be particularly effective on the latest smartphones, and less on the earliest consistent with the application.
This new feature will be available soon on Android and iOS: no specific date was given.Also new is announced, this time only on Android: the ability to save on their smartphone pieces of cards in order to explore them offline. In reality, this function is not entirely new since it was already proposed in beta through Google Labs. However, it has been enhanced to allow the user to choose the level of detail of the map you wish to register. The application will then calculate the necessary space on the SD card of the mobile, and downloads the selected card for use without 3G or WiFi connection.
This new feature will arrive “soon” on Android, and Google does not exclude the offer in the future on IOS.Finally, the company also unveiled a new feature on Street View: this is a new 360-degree camera designed to be worn as a backpack. The objective of this new camera, in addition to those already present on cars, snowmobiles or tricycles from the firm, will capture images of trails and other hiking circuits around the world. Squirrels may already fear for their privacy.Many ads that should help to highlight
Google Maps in the coming months, at a time when many online services give up this map, pay in the form of SDK for free solutions but less complete, as Open Street Map. For the rest of Google ads, it will be the conference I / O of the company, Adu scheduled June 27 to 29 next.