Many more details and examples can be found on the launch announcement and deep dive on the official Google blog.
Some nice reactions from the press:
"New Google Maps changes everything again forever. Amazing."
Joshua Toposky, Engadget (tweet)
"If it weren’t already, Maps for Android is now quite certainly the best mapping experience in mobile."
Greg Kumparak, TechCrunch
"Google Maps 5.0 Makes Old Google Maps Feel Like Paper... it makes every other maps app—including older Google Maps and Google Maps on the iPhone—seem straight-up Stone Age."
Matt Buchanan, Gizmodo
"If you ever doubted the awesomeness of Google Maps on Android, today's update will seriously blow your mind"
Whitson Gordon, Lifehacker (tweet)
"3D Maps? Check. Offline caching? Check. Offline rerouting? Check. Wait, did they just say offline rerouting? Jebus how much is that app going to cost me? Oh right, free. Damn that is disruptive, iPhone version please!"
James Fee, GIS Blog
2 comments:
Hi Jonah, although not a hard core follower, I often read your blog and think your work is amazing, its impressive that a phone can do this and as a user of Maps, the 3D makes navigation a lot easier.
As Google Maps is your area, I noticed this was posted on reddit.com: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/hnuk6/hey_google_maps/. I know its a bit cheeky to ask, but wondered if its possible you could pass this on to anyone that might think its a good idea (though it seems like something you would already have thought of).
Again keep up the good work :)
We have actually had exactly that feature in the pipeline for some time, and recently launched on Google Search.
You can see it for streets:
http://www.google.com/search?q=kings+avenue+bromley
... and areas:
http://www.google.com/search?q=map+zurich
I'm glad that you're enjoying the work we're doing!
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