Google Maps announced new feature on 10th Anniversary in India

At the fourth edition of ‘Google for India’ the search engine Giant has announced new features in Google Maps. Google is bringing new Turn by Turn navigation in Maps.

Google has also introduced ‘Plus Codes’ feature to those who do not have the proper address. It is the easy way to represent geographical coordinates for any location on the Map and they are free open source and also work offline.

“New features coming to Google Maps that make the service more relevant to more Indians. Google Maps Go now brings turn-by-turn navigation functionality, while featuring a new home screen with convenient shortcuts” announced Gayathri Rajan, Vice-President, Geo, Google Maps.

“Google Maps is also adding better public transport guidance, which will inform riders of upcoming stops and alerts on when to get off. And thanks to a new partnership with RedBus — India's largest inter-city bus ticketing service — more than 20,000 routes and 1,500 cities will also be added for intercity bus journey routes” she added.

At the event, Gayathri Rajan also mentioned that India is now the fastest growing country for Google Maps.