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News: Google Maps: The Next Dimension

Earlier this week Google hosted a media event entitled "The Next Dimension of Google Maps". As you can guess from the title Google Maps are moving in a different direction: 3D. Though the presentation was nearly an hour long the content in a nutshell was: offline maps and 3D mapping combined with increased StreetView coverage and indoor mapping.

We were treated to a somewhat in-depth history lesson of the origins of Google Maps from the early days of Keyhole (which we covered way back in 2004 Click here for the article) through to Google Earth and Google Maps. We also got an insight into how the technology for Google StreetView has evolved.

Without going over the existing features lets concentrate on the new functionality:

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Posted on Friday, June 08 @ 17:21:30 UTC by Mike Barrett


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