Google Maps is one of the most used websites in the world, no surprises there. But, its influence has flowed over to basically all the consumer electronics on the market. It is constantly expanding the amount of data available to consumers and Street View completely changed the way we are able to see parts of the world we may never be able to go to.
Rumoured by Google Operating System, we may be seeing the first redesign to Google Maps in some time. Whether this is to simply change the look or to include some interesting new features remains to be seen.
Google I/O is around the corner and we think that it would be the perfect platform to announce and explain the changes coming to the mapping service.
In the leaked screenshots we see that the side bar is gone and has been replaced by overlays of the necessary information. This may be a move to have the website resemble their mobile apps, or even the Google Maps Engine which lets people create their own points of interest.
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