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Into update the Google Maps app for iOS: lands on tablets and web Google Maps is a radical transformation: updating the application for IOS and arrives on digital tablets iPad and iPad mini. Constructs a powerful magnifying glass on the territory that can be customized according to user requirements. The recently launched version is also accessible from the web while browsing online: he had already debuted earlier in the conference Google I / O, but it was limited to a test phase. It’s already landed on Android. Tile the Maps application from Apple.

A compass custom
Google Maps just launched simplify the search. For example, users type words like bar, restaurant, hotels see either of the points of interest that are required on the digital map. It is a compass in real time. Imagine that users have chosen a restaurant. They get a summary sheet that allows you to organize an itinerary and as a control panel indicates how far away the destination. Suggests ways of track car, with public transport or on foo t. For anyone who is traveling on the road are also accessible traffic data. The digital map reveals the causes of the delays. It is integrated with Google Earth and the satellite view.

Comments the public online
In addition, the card associated with a place is a gateway to find contextual information. Users, in the example of the restaurant, look at the reviews of others and have a direct link to see pictures of the place with Street View. It can be a bridge to the Google+ social network where to start discussions. The digital maps have a section called Explore that contains five categories: eat, drink, buy fun, sleep. It also collects the views of the community.

Conversations interactive
Those of Google Maps are living spaces where users customize the research, read the other post and participate in conversations. As if they were immersed in the digital replica of a city.

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