Traveling is about seeing new places, learning new things, and experiencing new things. And Google's AI tools can help with all of this. Here are five AI-powered features you can use to enhance your vacation exploration.
1. Know your surroundings with an immersive view of your route
Immersive view for routes in Google Maps uses AI to combine billions of street view and aerial imagery to give you a preview of your trip and give you an idea of what to expect before you set off. This is extremely useful for any vacation. For example, if you're traveling and working remotely and want to take a walk to a coffee shop, you can use immersive view to find a café with Wi-Fi from a comfortable walkway with sidewalks. If you rent a car on vacation and want to know what the drive is like, you can use immersive view to preview your driving route. Whatever you do, you can get visual turn-by-turn directions and use the time slider to see traffic and weather conditions when you depart. Immersive view for routes is available in cities like Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, and Florence.
There is also an immersive view for places, which gives you a very accurate view of what the place looks like, so if you're visiting a new place and want to see a music venue or a museum, you can check out the area surrounding the building. It's currently available in over 70 cities around the world, including Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, Florence, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, Tokyo, and Venice.
