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Last week Google announced<\/a> \u201cover 100 AI-powered improvements to Google Maps\u201d would be coming this year; these include bringing Live View indoors, a new air quality map layer, eco-friendly routing, and support for curbside pickup in business listings.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Apple Maps is now displaying airport COVID-19-related health measures based on data from Airports Council International: press release<\/a>. [AppleInsider<\/em><\/a>, MacRumors<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week Google announced \u201cover 100 AI-powered improvements to Google Maps\u201d would be coming this year; these include bringing Live View indoors, a new air quality map layer, eco-friendly routing, and support for curbside pickup… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,80,470],"tags":[1359,1054,1507,600,83,1426,85,462,82],"class_list":["post-1790617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-health","category-mobile","category-travel","tag-ai","tag-air-quality","tag-airports","tag-apple","tag-apple-maps","tag-covid-19","tag-driving-directions","tag-google","tag-google-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1791065,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/05\/google-maps-updates-at-google-i-o-apple-maps-additions\/","url_meta":{"origin":1790617,"position":0},"title":"Google Maps Updates at Google I\/O; Apple Maps Additions","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 May 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"Google Maps-related announcements at Google\u2019s I\/O 2021 keynote today include routing improvements to reduce hard braking, enhancements to Live View, expanding Google\u2019s new detailed maps to 50 cities, identifying crowded areas, and tailoring map data to time of day and whether you\u2019re travelling. 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