Google is in the process of developing more its Google Map. With its recent improvement, users can now have easier access to a certain neighbourhood to know what are the nearest establishments.
Google LatLong Blog announced on August 4, 2009 that they have added ‘icons and labels of prominent business and places of interest’ on the map itself aside from the new dedicated Street View site. Without using the search box, users can find the establishments that they are looking for on nearer places. This service is also available to mobile users of Google Maps.
Google Maps use different kinds of icons to correspond specific types of establishments. With this, it will not be a surprise if Google Map will come up with a list of categories available in the future which can be easily used to reveal businesses under these certain categories.
Google also introduced ‘Places Directory’, an Android-application available for mobile users. This application is similar to other mobile applications used in finding categories of businesses but it with this, browsing is important compared to searching. This feature is the same with the improved icons on Google Maps.