Google Maps includes the scale again and allows sharing routes by NFC
After the last redesign of the Google maps tool, at first it was all praise for the successful style and shape of the new application. But little by little, users began to realize that those of Mountain View had left many features behind. Functions that were present before the redesign and that have now disappeared, at least until now.And it is that Google has set to work to return to Google Maps all its odds. Proof of this is the latest application update.
This is how version number 7.1 of Google Maps has arrived for the platform Android A minor update, but with interesting news for users more assiduous to search and, above all, share maps, directions and routes. However, in its list of novelties it only seems like a new function. One that stands out for its simplicity, but it is surprising that it was not present in a mapping application from the beginning: thescale bar
In this way, when the user updates the application and makes zoom on some area of the map with the pinch gesture, the aforementioned scale bar appears at the bottom right of the screen, just as it did before the app redesign.This will automatically adjust according to the magnification of the map, showing how much actual distance a portion of the map would represent. However, when you don't zoom or pan the map the scale remains translucent, and even disappears , keeping the new design, focused on minimalism and showing as much of the map as possible, unchanged.
Along with that, despite the fact that the list of functions only states that there is a fix for small problems, there would be several other improvements when it comes to sharing routes Specifically, it would be the possibility of sending a route already searched to another device through the connection NFC A technology that allows join two terminals and share this and other types of content. Of course, for this the terminals must have an NFC chip and with said function active in the terminal settings menu Thus, it seems, it would be enough to search for a route and bring the back of the terminal closer to another, so that the other user does not waste time in carrying out the same search.
In addition, after the update, the routes screen has improved, showing more alternatives on the screen, whether theis chosen own vehicle such as public transport In this way it is possible to see which routes have toll or what means of public transport to take to reach the destination, according to the different roads Something that already was present in the application, but you had to search in different menus.
In short, a minor update with some very interesting improvements for the most frequent user of the tool, who wants to know thereal distance of your routes and share them with just a gesture.Version 7.1 of Google Maps is now fully available via Google Play fullyfree
