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Google Gives 360-Degree View
- eWeek, Thursday, November 3, 2011 12:18 PM
Taking a cue from Bing Maps, Google now offers a 360-degree view of stores in Google Maps. The tool shows the interior of a restaurant, along with a summary of the type of cuisine, prices, transit accessibility and business hours. It means Google more tightly integrated Google Places with Google Maps and google.com. Clint Boulton provides a few examples, and highlights the importance of local and personalized search.
