Google Maps 5.7 version of Android will be released. Has a new feature of pictures and routes, it is still the test phase.
One function is data that is opened can be stored in the smartphone. So you do not need to be online constantly to the internet to open Google Maps 5.7.
Offline feature that it is not enabled in previous versions. And still is masked by the team on the Beta version of Google Labs.
There is a limit that is given from Google Maps 5.7 to download the maps offline. Restricted from a radius of 16km, but is enough for users who want to travel in tourist places. For example a tourist wanted to take pictures in a tourist area, just looking for the hotspot network to download maps. Within minutes, the area of the position of the smartphone will get a map from GoogleMaps.
Google will add some new technology at Google Maps. For example you can see the bus routes, and the calculation of transport and navigation paths within a city. Including data bus lines, bus routes and bus fare to the position of the bus is running. Only a few cities alone will get this facility, such as cities in America, city Barcelona, Brussels or Turin. Not known whether Google would expand services to other city routes
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