If you like useing Google Maps like me you might have noticed that now when you go to Google Maps and you are logged into your Google account you see a little green 'labs' test tube along the top of your screen.
If you click on the green test tube or the word 'New!' you wil be given som options to explore some features that may (or may not) be coming to Google maps soon.
These are know as beta features and the main ones include:
Drag 'n' Zoom - Zooming in on a specific part of the map is now fast and easy. Simply click the Drag 'n' Zoom button, draw a box on the map, and zoom! You're there!
- Aerial Imagery - Add Aerial imagery to the map! Aerial imagery gives you rotatable, high-resolution overhead imagery presented in a new perspective.
- Where in the World Game - Test your knowledge of world geography! Guess the name of the country from satellite imagery, and try to beat your top score!
- Rotatable Maps - Tired of North always being up? Add rotatable map types and give East, West and South a fair go.
- What's Around Here? - Adds a second search button that searches for "*", returning the top results in the current view. A great way to browse the map.
- LatLng Tooltip - Displays a tooltip next to the mouse cursor showing the latlng directly underneath it.
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