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Google Adds Sharable Location Lists in Maps

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, Feb 14, 2017.

  1. Melody Bot

    Your friendly little forum bot. Staff Member

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    Google has launched sharable location lists in Google Maps:


    The new feature adds another layer to the already-existing “save” option in Google Maps. Once you pinpoint a desired location, you can hit the “save” button to reveal a number of premade lists including “Want to Go,” “Starred,” and “Favorites.” Then you can choose the list you want the location to live in, or create a new list with a personalized title like “Vacation.” In Google Maps’ menu, you can find all your saved lists in the “Your Places” folder when you want to recall saved locations. Now each list will have a “share” button as well, which lets you grab its link to share with others or share it via different social networks. This should make it easier to share things like favorite restaurants and shopping locations with visiting out-of-town family and the like.

    This is a really cool feature. I’ve used apps like Relay and Rego in the past to achieve something similar.

     
  2. Raku

    Regular

    This feature looks like it will be pretty useful, glad to see Google is adding more features to their apps/sites.