Google Maps is one of the best platforms that the American company has, and it can be extremely useful both for traveling and for getting around a known city. Not only that, but also incorporates exciting new features such as live traffic information and the possibility of creating personalized itineraries.
If there is something that characterizes this application, it is that The company continues to develop and integrate new functions that may be useful or interesting to users. After incorporating one of Waze’s best features to avoid accidents and other things, the company has announced something that promises to offer another view of cities.
And, soon, it will integrate a feature that will allow you to see what certain cities looked like more than a century ago. In addition, these recreations are accessible in augmented reality, so that you can see what they looked like at different times in the past.
You can travel through time
Google has several complementary features to Google Maps, such as Street View, where possible. visualize the maps as if we were in the middle of the street. Now, the new feature that will arrive in the application at the end of the summer will allow you to do the same, but with augmented reality recreations. Currently, you can access the historical archives of Maps to see what a street looked like years ago, but nothing more.
As the company announced, a visual reconstruction of several iconic monuments, such as the Eiffel Towerthat can be viewed in augmented reality to see what important points in some cities once looked like, which have been significantly changed over the years.
Augmented Reality in Google Maps
Another landmark announced is the Notre Dame Cathedral, visible as it was in the 17th century. You won’t need to be there physically, but It can also be used this way to see the most relevant changes that there were and compare them directly.
For the moment, only these locations have been announced in France, but according to Google’s own press release, Other iconic locations could soon arrive in other parts of the world. At first glance, this feature will be available by the end of the summer, but there are no more details about it. This new augmented reality experience will reach more emblematic places around the world in the future. Logically, it is reserved for sites of historical and cultural interest.
