Navigating through the maps on our device has become increasingly common. Indeed, it is rare not to take to the streets of a big city and not see people looking at the screen of their mobile, guided by the indications of a navigation app. The most used, how could it be otherwise, are Apple Maps and Google Maps. Today we are going to talk about a new function that became official a few hours ago: search in Live View of Google Maps thanks to augmented reality, a way to explore where we are with just the phone’s camera. Tea
Augmented reality improves search in Google Maps Live View
Live View This is a function that arrived on Google Maps several months ago. Allows the user Navigate the streets of a city directly with your phone’s camera. That is, the app asks the user to scan their surroundings to get their bearings, then starts giving directions to a specific location with dynamic on-screen arrows, signs and banners. Always with the camera on and pointing to the street so that Google Maps can capture the images and compare them with your Street View information and generate dynamic, live directions.
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A Live View enhancement has just officially arrived on Google Maps. It is search in live view which is nothing more than signage of elements, shops, squares, restaurants and much more than dynamic form in the map itself. That is, without the need to start a route to any site, we can open the function and search for restaurants nearby, ATMs closest to us, hairdressers, etc.
In addition, we can interact with this content. That’s to say, if we click on any of these places we can get information. It also allows you to see the community rating, its calendar and all the information that we can also consult in the app itself. This function is now available in London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, San Francisco and Tokyo on Android and iOS.
