Now Indoor Google Maps! [Videos]

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Now Indoor Google maps are going live as Google scans indoor maps inside airports and shopping malls. Now Google maps will no longer stop on road maps and street views, but will take you inside buildings and generate floor maps and it will work on your mobile phone wherever you are!

Indoor Google Maps

Download Google Maps 6.0 for Android (external site) from Android Market. Then Android phone users can test indoor Google maps wherever the indoor floor plans are available. Businesses can join in and add floor plans (external site) to Google Maps by uploading pictures of their floor plans, blueprints, or directories of a floor.

Indoor Google maps

Browse around the airport floor plan to find your boarding gate, restrooms or coffee shop!

Take the video tour inside the IKEA store for shopping areas.

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