Google has added extra visuals in the map data to show where specific points of interests and landmarks are. Libraries, museums, pharmacies, restaurants, shops and all kinds of other places are now easily recognizable by embedded visuals in map data. A negative side-effect of the feature is that a map can get a bit crowded. [...]
Tag Archives | user experience
Recent interface changes to Google Maps
It has been a while since we have seen some major interface changes to Google Maps. Today I noticed some of the following changes and wondered for how long they have already been there. update: i was a bit behind on my reader and noticed Matt posted about this on SEL as well I did some [...]
MyLocation coming to browser!
The Google team just announced that MyLocation, the feature we all know from the iphone Google Maps application will be available from our desktop if you run a supported browser. A blue dot will automatically appear when Google Maps is able to determine your location. Supported browsers currently are: Google Chrome 2.0+ (using Gears), Mozilla [...]
Google Maps takes the lead
Seems its official now, Google Maps has taken over the lead from mapquest and is now the number one most used mapping product. This, according to figures of both comscore, compete and as of this weekend, also Hitwise. (via: Mike Blumenthal)
Google Maps Interface Revamped for Street View
The Google Maps interface was revamped, again, to get a better user experience, especially by putting more attention to Google Street View and to increase maps usage in general. This was just announced on the Google LatLong blog When you drag the pegman (the little yellow mascotte) from the zoom bar to the map you [...]
Google Maps Errors – TeleAtlas data needs some finetuning?
The recent announcement of Google switching to just one map supplier, namely the dutch company TeleAtlas, has caused an increase of alerts on Google Maps errors in the Google Maps Help Groups. I’ve seen reports so far of incorrect routes, missing cities, wrongly placed addresses, etc, etc. And as Miriam Ellis points out on her [...]
Quality Guidelines and reinclusion for Google Maps
Some technical difficulties with his blog doesn’t stop Mike to get up early today and post his very interesting findings on an update in the Google Maps Help Center. The Google Maps Help Center now contains some guidelines for your business inclusion and also, what to do when you got kicked out of Google Maps [...]
About Martijn
I'm Martijn Beijk, Digital Analytix Consultant with comScore. In my sparetime I specialize in Local Search.
My enthusiasm lays in Local & Mobile, including location-based services, context-awareness, semantic web and things as such.
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