Google Maps
On this occasion, the company of Mountain View has updated the content of its flagship application, Google Maps, with new 3D cities Now it's It is possible to visit from our smartphones and tablets these cities and recognize their most emblematic buildings or imagine a little better how is that city live and direct
In particular, Google has added 18 new citiesAmong them we find: Barcelona, London, Paris, Stockholm, Singapore, Lisbon, Boulder (Colorado) and 11 large South African cities In this way, the number of cities that could already be visited in 3D previously from version 5.0 of Google Maps, where highlighted New York, Zurich or Milan
In case you don't know this function of Google Maps, you only need to position the view on one of these cities Thus, doing zoom, you will be able to see how the buildings have shapes on the original map. But the really amazing thing is change the viewing angle and see the buildings from an isometric perspective. To do this you just have to make a gesture: swipe two fingers in parallel across the screen from top to bottomThe result is quite amazing
The best thing about this update is that the user does not have to do anything at all, since what has been updated is the content , not the app itself. And for those who do not have Google Maps, it is possible to download its latest version (5.7 ) completely free from the Android Market
