If you are tired of getting lost despite the navigation app, you cannot avoid a hidden Google Maps function.
Provided that the mobile phone camera is activated.
Mountain View, California - We all know this: We want the fastest route from A to B, but don't know the route.
Most pedestrians, drivers and cyclists use the navigation app Google Maps, even in neighboring countries with different Corona regulations.
In most cases this is how you get there.
Sometimes, however, you get lost in spite of everything.
This is not the only reason why Google Maps is constantly being further developed with practical functions to make it easier to get to your destination.
Useful information from the navigation app, which nobody would want to be without, relate to the traffic situation such as traffic jams or accidents, but also radar controls.
You don't want to miss out on helpful apps, especially when traveling.
Google Maps Live View function little known to date
The Google Maps Live View function is less well known.
Users should be able to find their way even better in the navigation app via augmented reality, as known from Pokémon GO, for example, as
Chip.de
reports.
Augmented Reality roughly corresponds to computer-aided expansion of the perception of reality.
Google Maps accesses the user's camera and compares the captured images with stored information about the surroundings.
In addition to the image shown by the camera, a live display appears with arrows, distances and information on the desired destination.
Google Maps function shows information in real time
In the case of restaurants, for example, this can be the opening times, and generally the duration of the trip is also displayed.
Sights such as the Victory Column in Berlin or the Eiffel Tower in Paris are automatically recognized by the Google Maps function, as are “ordinary” places and buildings.
Live-View from Google Maps is currently only available in the following cities: Amsterdam, Bangkok, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Dubai, Florence, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, Kyoto, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Milan, Munich, New York, Osaka , Paris, Prague, Rome, San Francisco, Sydney, Tokyo, Vienna.
Germany is represented twice with Munich and Berlin.
Navigation app function under certain conditions
According to Google, Live View can only be used under certain conditions: in well-lit areas, outdoors, where the smartphone's camera can also be aimed at the opposite side of the street.
And wherever Google Street View is available at all.
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