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Google Maps adds icons with the emblematic monuments of the most tourist cities

English - November 3, 2019

Image 1. Google Maps adds icons with the emblematic monuments of the most tourist cities

Google Maps is one of the best applications to find places where to eat, drink and go out in any part of the world, but it falls short when we want to discover what to see when we’re traveling in a new city.

When planning a trip want to know is what are important sites that are a must visit, and this is what Google Maps has started to show on their maps.

New bookmarks from iconic monuments

Google Maps has begun to show in the most tourist cities of the world such as Barcelona, London, Rome, Paris, New York or San Francisco about new markers that highlight its main monuments. Currently, there are few cities, but it is possible that the list is going to expand soon.

Image 2. Google Maps adds icons with the emblematic monuments of the most tourist cities

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These markers are larger markers normal and custom with the icon of the monument itself. Until now Google Maps was showing with the icon of a camera, the monuments of interest, but often go unnoticed among so many icons.

Image 3. Google Maps adds icons with the emblematic monuments of the most tourist cities

Of time to discover these new markers emblematic we have to explore the map of the most tourist cities. Yes, there is still no list of these points of interest.

it Would be great to be able to see in the tab of each city Google Maps the section “What to see” with the list of all the main monuments and museums, as it was until this summer the late Google Trips. Google Maps has all the potential to become the travel guide is definitive.

Image 4. Google Maps adds icons with the emblematic monuments of the most tourist cities

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