New “Addressless” Search Feature On Google Maps
As the Google LatLong Blog explains, Google has added a nice feature to Maps (it would seem something rolls out weekly these days). That feature allows users to get directions or locations of businesses without inputting a destination address. Below are some examples. From Google’s headquarters, how to get to . . . Yahoo Microsoft […]
As the Google LatLong Blog explains, Google has added a nice feature to Maps (it would seem something rolls out weekly these days). That feature allows users to get directions or locations of businesses without inputting a destination address. Below are some examples.
From Google’s headquarters, how to get to . . .
Yahoo
Microsoft
“Best Indian food“:
“Dry cleaners“:
Of course, these results are only as good as the underlying data, but the functionality is very useful. Google apparently sees it primarily as a short cut to directions to a specific destination. However, it’s also a convenient category search tool supplementing Maps’ “search nearby” feature.
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