New maps, new search, new YouTube player
A full map of Russia appeared on Google Maps, useful filters appeared in the search by pictures, and a new player is being tested on YouTube.
1) Fully Russified maps of Russia are now available in the Google Maps service. Users have access to maps of major cities (such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, etc.), including all highways, metro stations and house numbers.
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Thanks to the appearance of the road map, the Get Directions function became available, with the help of which you can quickly see on the map the route of movement from one city to another - with a detailed text description of all sections.
The service interface is not yet Russified, although this is not a particular problem given its simplicity. Nevertheless, search for settlements and so on is available. user-generated content in Russian. The appearance of "Google Maps" is expected soon. (It is worth recalling that Google Earth has recently received an interface in Russian).
2) In the search for Google images, you can use interesting filters.
First, the search results can only be limited to individuals by adding & imgtype = face to the end of the address of the search results page. Meet, for example, the search results for paris (Paris Hilton) and Putin .
This search improvement was made possible by face recognition technology owned by Neven Vision (it was acquired by Google a little over a month ago ).
In addition, you can search only for those photos that are in the news stories: for this purpose, it is enough to use the value & imgtype = news ( paris , putin ) at the end of the URL.
3) YouTube service is testing a new, more convenient player for watching videos.
First of all, there will be a function in it that is already available in Google Video - viewing any movie clip, regardless of whether the movie is fully loaded or not.
You will not have to wait until the end of the download and view the video in order to see similar materials: it will be enough to direct the courses to the video window.
By clicking on the Menu button, the user will immediately be able to get the HTML code for inserting the video onto a third-party site.
1) Fully Russified maps of Russia are now available in the Google Maps service. Users have access to maps of major cities (such as Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, etc.), including all highways, metro stations and house numbers.
')
Thanks to the appearance of the road map, the Get Directions function became available, with the help of which you can quickly see on the map the route of movement from one city to another - with a detailed text description of all sections.
The service interface is not yet Russified, although this is not a particular problem given its simplicity. Nevertheless, search for settlements and so on is available. user-generated content in Russian. The appearance of "Google Maps" is expected soon. (It is worth recalling that Google Earth has recently received an interface in Russian).
2) In the search for Google images, you can use interesting filters.
First, the search results can only be limited to individuals by adding & imgtype = face to the end of the address of the search results page. Meet, for example, the search results for paris (Paris Hilton) and Putin .
This search improvement was made possible by face recognition technology owned by Neven Vision (it was acquired by Google a little over a month ago ).
In addition, you can search only for those photos that are in the news stories: for this purpose, it is enough to use the value & imgtype = news ( paris , putin ) at the end of the URL.
3) YouTube service is testing a new, more convenient player for watching videos.
First of all, there will be a function in it that is already available in Google Video - viewing any movie clip, regardless of whether the movie is fully loaded or not.
You will not have to wait until the end of the download and view the video in order to see similar materials: it will be enough to direct the courses to the video window.
By clicking on the Menu button, the user will immediately be able to get the HTML code for inserting the video onto a third-party site.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/8953/
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