![]() There’s very little difference in how Apple Maps and Google Maps actually gets you places. Google Maps’ excess information can be distracting sometimes, and that’s the last thing you need if you’re lost and struggling to orient yourself. It also has information for complex highway interchanges, something Google Maps has included for some time.īoth apps have the information you need, but Apple Maps’ less-is-more approach makes it much easier on the eyes. As of iOS 15 Apple has also started adding this information, with turn lanes, bus and taxi lanes, and crosswalks. ![]() Google Maps had also started rolling out more superfluous, but still useful details, like stop signs, crosswalks, and so on. Likewise both of them use a dark mode that makes it easier on your eyes during any late-night driving you need to be doing. The only real difference is how much surplus information is on display, including businesses, smaller road names, and so on. Roads, locations, landmarks, it’s all there. That said, both of them always show the essentials no matter how you’re viewing the map. Similarly, Google shows you more information when you zoom further in, but it does start showing a lot of that information much sooner than Apple Maps does. While it has a lot of information at its disposal, Apple Maps doesn’t actually show you very much unless you zoom all the way in. Like its interface, Apple Maps has opted for a more minimalist approach to its map design. All of these things will vanish if you tap the middle of the screen, so you can see a pure uncluttered map, but it’s still all a bit much. Likewise at the bottom of the screen is a menu giving you access to the Explore and Commute features, saved locations, local news, and the option to contribute to Google’s mapping database. If you’re ever needing to find a restaurant or gas station fast, that’s likely to be very useful. At the top of your phone screen is the search bar, which also houses account information and sits above dedicated buttons for finding local amenities. Google on the other hand, has buttons and toolbars all over the place. The company listed various exciting locations worldwide that you can explore from home using Street View.Left: Google Maps Right: Apple Maps (Image credit: Tom's Guide)Ĭrucially, that search bar stays where it is until you click on a place, and if you want to get rid of it all you have to do is tap the X button in the corner. Indoors Google Maps Street View imageryįinally, Google put out a second blog post to celebrate Google Maps’ Street View. ![]() Simply power your camera in Google Maps, and the app will overlay information on top of the real world. Google says it updated the app over 25 billion times in the last three years using information from Street View.Īdditionally, Google uses Street View imagery to power the Live View feature that brings an augmented reality (AR) experience to Google Maps. It even collects new seed limit information. Street View can inform Google’s algorithms about new opened businesses and opening hours for shops and restaurants. It then uses that information to update the Google Maps information that users might be looking for. Google uses artificial intelligence to extract data from Street View photos automatically. Perhaps more interesting than exploring the historical Street View images on Google Maps is what Google does with the information in those photos. Image source: Google How Google harnesses Street View data You’ll get a See more dates menu option that gives you access to historical imagery that can date back to 2007 for those places that were part of Google’s early Street View mapping. To see older images of a location, you need to tap anywhere on the photo. That’s why you can travel back in time with Street View on iPhone and Android. And it’s been updating the imagery ever since. Since introducing the service, the company has been using its Street View cars and trekkers to build this 360-degree map of the world. Google says the Street View feature now offers 220 billion images from 100 countries and territories. ![]() Google announced in a blog post the Street View feature that will be immediately obvious to any iPhone and Android user familiar with the Google Maps functionality. It makes it easier to find the various places you need to travel to, especially if you’ve never been there before. It allows you to inspect visual images of your route and destination. Street View is one of the most useful Google Maps features. Historical Google Maps imagery coming to iPhone and Android Don't Miss : Today’s deals: $4 smart plugs, $98 Sony ANC headphones, $219 Apple Watch SE, 10% off AirTags, more ![]()
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