Google Maps Adds Indoor Maps to Android Phones
By Crosshairs Marketing | Google Maps , local marketing
Google is now mapping your indoors. Google Maps for Android 6.0 is going to start showing interior maps of airports, select malls and retail stores in the US and Japan. Sorry iPhone users, there isn’t an app for that yet.
Additional details are also displayed by Google Maps, such as places, landmarks and geographical features, to give you context about what’s nearby. Now with the new Indoor feature Google Maps for Android enables you to know where you are and figure out where you want to go even when you’re indoors.
Some retailers already participating are Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Home Depots and all US IKEA stores. IAH and HOU airports are also on the list, a full list can be found below.
Google-provided screenshot of the Mall of America before interior maps and after:
US Launch Partners (full list):
- Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL)
- Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC)
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD)
- Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)
- George Bush Houston International Airport (IAH)
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William P. Hobby Airport (HOU)
- Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS)
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT)
- Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP)
- Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
- Portland International Airport (PDX)
- Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL)
- Kansas City International Airport (MCI)
- Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
- Boise International Airport (BOI)
- Akron-Canton Airport (CAK)
- Macy’s
- Bloomingdales
- Home Depot
- IKEA
- Mall of America
- DDR Corp malls, including Times Square Mall in Mt. Vernon, Illinois and Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville, VA
- Brixmor Property Group including Eagle Rock Plaza in Los Angeles, CA
Google Indoor Maps look like a really helpful tool especially for those of us always getting lost in Houston Intercontinental Airport. A presentation about the features can also be found on the Google Maps site.
One day all the interiors of Victoria, Texas could be mapped out for us. For the time being you will have to get your fix at Home Depot and the Houston Airports.