Google adds high definition colour detail to Google Maps, and it’s gorgeous – Ausdroid

Google Maps has to be one of Google’s tentpole products and today they made it just a little bit more gorgeous. The two new visual improvements focus on bringing more detail and granularity to Google Maps.
Thanks to the vast array of satellite imagery available, Google has developed what they are calling a new colour-mapping algorithm to convert the satellite images of how the world really looks and translate that to enhanced colour depictions of the natural environment on Google Maps.
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