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Garrit Franke thinks<\/a> a change in Google Maps’s web address—it now redirects from a subdirectory, maps.google.com, to a folder on Google’s root directory, google.com\/maps<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>—means that location permission given to Google Maps (a normal thing to do when using maps) could be applied across all of Google’s services without asking for additional permissions. [Daring Fireball<\/a>\/Lat × Long<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Garrit Franke thinks a change in Google Maps’s web address—it now redirects from a subdirectory, maps.google.com, to a folder on Google’s root directory, google.com\/maps—means that location permission given to Google Maps (a normal thing to… 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":[80],"tags":[462,82,646],"class_list":["post-1810302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","tag-google","tag-google-maps","tag-privacy","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":1810302,"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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