Google Maps launches the best novelty of this year

The past Google I/O 2023 has served to launch excellent products such as the Pixel Tablet or the Pixel 7a and Google services such as novelties in artificial intelligence or advances in Android 14. However, it has also served to announce one of them. small, but great news from one of the star apps:Google Maps.

It was the launch of the “Immersive View” function, on which they had already made some progress the previous year. It is a new aerial view made with AI and which is already arriving in several Spanish cities such as Barcelona, ​​Cordoba and Madrid.

A new trip without leaving home with Google Maps

First of all, and especially if this function surprises you, let’s review What is the “immersive view”?

(or ‘Immersive View’ with its name in English). It’s basically about power fly over the buildings and historical places of the cities with an interface that is a mix between the satellite view and the iconic ‘Street View’.

is actually a aerial view of buildings recreated with AI based on information that Google Maps has obtained over the years. And it is that it takes millions of images to create a scene that also allows get overlapping information on these places.

The purpose of this function is varied. We can use it for the purpose of satisfying curiosity or planning trips. For the latter case, relevant information is offered such as the weather of the place or the number of people depending on the time.

As Google announces today, ‘Immersive View’, which is how this feature is also known by its name in English, beg ins rolling out in new cities in the world

. At the international level, the enclaves of Amsterdam, Dublin or Venice stand out, but if we stick to our business, it should be noted that three cities will already begin to welcome it.

In Barcelona we will be able to take advantage of the new “Immersive View” to visit emblematic buildings such as Casa Milà or Casa Batló, as well as historic and picturesque squares such as Plaça Catalunya and Font Màgica de Montjuïc. Of course, the Sagrada Familia Cathedral too and even the Camp Nou (although it is currently under construction, you can see its previous view).

As it concerns Madrid About it we can get this interface to visit the Temple of Debood, the Almudena Cathedral or the Royal Palace. As in Barcelona, ​​we can also visit the Santiago Bernabéu, but not the new one that is close to its inauguration, but the classic that we saw those years ago.

For Cordoba We don’t know if there will be many iconic places to visit, but the arrival of “Immersive View” in its most important monument has been confirmed. Yes, the Cordoba Mosque can be visited from Google Maps.

As we said, what is being announced today is the start of deployment which means it might not be available to everyone. However, it will start appearing in the next few days in our Google Maps app. To do this, you just have to search for the places where they are available, display the information tab and click on ‘Immersive view’.

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