{"id":237734,"date":"2017-11-16T08:05:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T06:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=237734"},"modified":"2017-11-16T08:07:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T06:07:30","slug":"google-maps-gets-a-new-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/237734-google-maps-gets-a-new-look.html","title":{"rendered":"Google Maps gets a new look"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blog.google\/products\/maps\/google-maps-gets-new-look\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>updating Google Maps<\/strong><\/a> with a new look \u201cthat better reflects your world&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The company has updated the driving, navigation, transit, and explore maps to highlight the relevant information.<\/p>\n<p>Google Maps has also updated its colour scheme and added new icons to help identify points of interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlaces like a cafe, church, museum, or hospital will have a designated colour and icon, so that it\u2019s easy to find that type of destination on the map,\u201d said Google.<\/p>\n<p>Users will start to see the changes over the coming weeks in all Google products that incorporate Google Maps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver time, the new style will also appear in the apps, websites, and experiences offered by companies that use Google Maps APIs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">New colours and icons<\/h3>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Google-maps-colors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-237738\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Google-maps-colors.jpg\" alt=\"Google-maps-colors\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Google-maps-colors.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Google-maps-colors-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maps-Icons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-237740 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maps-Icons-640x320.jpg\" alt=\"Maps-Icons\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maps-Icons-640x320.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maps-Icons-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maps-Icons-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Maps-Icons.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/237706-google-adds-salary-information-to-job-searches.html\">Google adds salary information to job searches<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google is updating Google Maps with a new look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":198684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[167,2272],"class_list":["post-237734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-google","tag-google-maps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237734"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237762,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237734\/revisions\/237762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}