20 U.S. museums added to Google Maps

PanARMENIAN.Net - Following the debut of indoor maps in Google Maps back in November, Google announced July 10 that it’s adding the indoor maps for twenty U.S. museums to its Maps app on Android, according to TechCrunch.

The museums added include the de Young Museum in San Francisco, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Cincinnati Museum Center, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History and 17 Smithsonian museums, the company says, as well as the Smithsonian National Zoo.

The museums now join Google’s collection of over 10,000 indoor maps it has added to its database since the launch in November. At that time, the app included the maps for several major airports as well as some big name retailers, like IKEA.

Since then, Google has been steadily improving the product.

In April, Google rolled out an Android app for businesses that allows them to provide feedback about how accurate Google’s predications are for the indoor venues. And in May, Google released an even bigger upgrade which introduced indoor walking directions, business photos and even Google Offers integration.