Did a massive Maps redesign just leak ahead of Google IO?

Before the days of internet interfaces giving us the tools to input coordinates on a virtual map to guide us to our desired destination, a map was just a giant hard copied picture with lines, numbers and names.

In creating better tools to help us navigate the world, the map itself was compressed; lost under a sea of check points, pop-ups and buttons to press.

But now there might be a tide change back to the simple time when finding where you wanted to go was a matter of connecting lines, and everything else was secondary.

According to the Google System blog, a massive redesign of Google Maps is on the way, and it's one that puts the emphasis back on the map while retaining just a bit of Google's technological touches.

Mapping your world

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