{"id":1812807,"date":"2023-02-21T07:52:04","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1812807"},"modified":"2023-02-21T07:52:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:52:04","slug":"google-maps-updates-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/02\/google-maps-updates-february-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps Updates (February 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/maps\/sustainable-immersive-maps-announcements\/\">Updates to Google Maps announced earlier this month<\/a> include a rollout of immersive view\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/05\/google-i-o-immersive-view-and-other-updates-to-google-maps\/\">first announced last year<\/a>\u2014in the previously announced cities of London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo (the rollout is delayed somewhat: it was promised for later this year last year), with more cities, including Amsterdam, Dublin, Florence and Venice, coming soon [<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/google-maps-immersive-view-glancable-directions-170504886.html\">Engadget<\/a><\/em>]. Also announced: an expansion of the augmented-reality Live View feature (previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/05\/google-maps-announcements-at-i-o\/\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/google-maps-gets-augmented-reality-walking-directions\/\">2<\/a>) to more cities and indoor venues [<a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/23\/02\/08\/google-maps-adds-ar-views-more-live-activities\"><em>AppleInsider<\/em><\/a>]; \u201cglanceable directions\u201d enabling navigation from the lock screen (\u201cin the coming months\u201d) [<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2023\/02\/08\/google-maps-glanceable-directions\/\"><em>9to5Google<\/em><\/a>]; and improved charging station search results for electric vehicles with built-in Google search [<a href=\"https:\/\/jalopnik.com\/google-maps-update-will-cleverly-plan-trips-differently-1850089296\"><em>Jalopnik<\/em><\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Previously: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/11\/immersive-view-and-the-death-of-consumer-maps\/\">Immersive View and the Death of Consumer Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updates to Google Maps announced earlier this month include a rollout of immersive view\u2014first announced last year\u2014in the previously announced cities of London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo (the rollout is delayed&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/02\/google-maps-updates-february-2023\/\">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":[921,462,82],"class_list":["post-1812807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-mobile","tag-augmented-reality","tag-google","tag-google-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1789480,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/10\/apple-and-google-maps-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1812807,"position":0},"title":"Apple and Google Maps Updates","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 October 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"Apple Maps AppleInsider looks at how cycling directions work in iOS 14. Macworld provides a primer on how to correct errors and add features in Apple Maps. Apple\u2019s new maps have now officially launched in Ireland and the United Kingdom (previously). Google Maps Google\u2019s official blog details updates to Live\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1785566,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/05\/google-maps-announcements-at-i-o\/","url_meta":{"origin":1812807,"position":1},"title":"Google Maps Announcements at I\/O","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"9 May 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Google unveiled its future plans for Google Maps at its I\/O conference yesterday. They include an augmented reality mode that combines Google's Street View and map data with the view through your phone's camera and \"assistive and personal\" features that add some artificial intelligence to recommendations and reviews. The social\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/google-maps-icon-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1787588,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/google-maps-gets-augmented-reality-walking-directions\/","url_meta":{"origin":1812807,"position":2},"title":"Google Maps Gets Augmented Reality Walking Directions","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 August 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"The augmented reality mode for Google Maps that was teased last year has finally arrived. After an \u201cearly preview\u201d showed up on Google Pixel phones earlier this year, Live View\u2014which superimposes walking directions on the view through your phone\u2019s camera\u2014was made available this week on Google Maps for both iOS\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/google-maps-ios-icon-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":479,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/01\/online-map-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1812807,"position":3},"title":"Online Map Updates","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 January 2016","format":"link","excerpt":"Yesterday's\u00a0updates to Apple Maps include four new Flyover cities, traffic data for Hong Kong and Mexico, public transit data for Los Angeles, and Nearby search for the Netherlands. Google Earth Blog reports on the mid-January imagery update for Google Earth. Google Earth Blog also reports that\u00a0version 1.0 of ArcGIS Earth\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;GIS&quot;","block_context":{"text":"GIS","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/gis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1807260,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/05\/google-i-o-immersive-view-and-other-updates-to-google-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1812807,"position":4},"title":"Google I\/O: Immersive View and Other Updates to Google Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 May 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Three updates to Google Maps were announced at Google I\/O today. The big one is an immersive view mode that creates a digital model of a city from aerial imagery and Street View: it\u2019s coming later this year to London, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Tokyo, with more\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/3qfp8TAg9tg\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1806683,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/04\/google-maps-updates-announced\/","url_meta":{"origin":1812807,"position":5},"title":"Google Maps Updates Announced","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 April 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Updates to Google Maps announced today include estimated prices for toll roads as well as increased navigation detail. \u201cYou\u2019ll soon see traffic lights and stop signs along your route, along with enhanced details like building outlines and areas of interest. And, in select cities, you\u2019ll see even more detailed information,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mobile&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1812807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1812809,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812807\/revisions\/1812809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1812807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1812807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1812807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}