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No mention of 3D cities?
There are mentions of satellite views and the new Immersive View, but there doesn't seem to be anything about the massive 3D city views that were created since 2012 using airplanes, e.g. the highly detailed 3D view of London's buildings and foliage. This Reuters article from 2012 seems to be all I could find. --Gert7 (talk · contribs) 11:41, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
- WP:SOFIXIT. Be bold and add it with the Reuters source, with additional sources if you can them. InfiniteNexus (talk) 20:05, 4 January 2024 (UTC)
Embedding with My Maps
In the My Maps section, it may be worth mentioning that My Maps can be used for embedding maps featuring specific pins and selected map styles on business sites and blogs. Google guide , MakeUseOf Zetagaming (talk) 20:23, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
Section regarding political borders
Would it be a good idea to include a piece regarding Google's policy on handling political borders? There are a bevy of sources which touch this topic, such as The Washington Post, The Economist, and academic studies; , , .
It would be beneficial to explain their policy on geopolitical boundaries. The portion regarding the somewhat infamous example of the Chinese-Indian border (located in the section regarding China) can be expanded as apart of this, as can other examples such as the Western Sahara. Regarding the decision to change the name to Gulf of America; most of the criticism to this point have focused on the executive order to rename the Gulf rather than at Google, but that could change, particularly after the namechange is implemented. AppreciateALittleBreeze (talk) 18:22, 28 January 2025 (UTC)
False information
This app provides incorrect information about place names. For example, it misrepresents the name of the Persian Gulf in some cases. Perfection7798 (talk) 09:11, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
- Hi Perfection, this issue is mentioned in the Google Maps#Naming disputes section. If you have an issue specifically with Google Maps, please reach out to Google. Melonkelon (talk) 21:51, 9 May 2025 (UTC)
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Logo change
they just updated the logo so you might change it soon ~2026-13862-33 (talk) 00:59, 4 March 2026 (UTC)

