Google Maps has a very popular function, used by millions upon millions of people all over the planet, and the people from Google talk about it in the press release below.
"One of the increasingly popular functions of Google Maps is to save places on the map. Restaurants, guesthouses, tourist attractions, campsites, or any other place in the world can be marked with a tag on Google Maps, to then be displayed on the map when the user is signed in with their Google account.
All these places can be found in the "Saved" section of Google Maps, where they can be managed in various ways, organized into separate lists or shared with others. Globally, more than 7 billion places have been saved on Google Maps by users. Here are the most popular places around the globe saved by users:
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Even during the pandemic, when there was less travel, people continued to save their favorite places in Google Maps, even if there is a change in the type of points of interest. Here's how people's interest has changed:
Types of favorite places saved in Google Maps that saw the most growth in July 2020 vs July 2019
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These days, Google is making a few improvements to the functionality of saving favorite places that help users organize and find them better. Here are some ways you can do this, starting with the new features implemented by Google Maps:
Latest places
If you've saved a place recommended by a friend, for example, it's possible that after a few days when you search for it, you won't remember its name or what list it was on. Now recently saved places will be displayed at the top under the "Saved" tab in Google Maps.
You know when you're close to a place you've saved
If you've saved a lot of places in a certain area it can be difficult to tell your stuff apart and where you need to go. If the location option is enabled, then you will see all the places in your area organized by distance to them and arranged in a carousel so that it is easier to navigate and decide where to go.
Moreover, in Google Street View you can see bookmarks of businesses and places that are tagged in Google Maps. You will see the sign of a place of accommodation or restaurant on the buildings in the Street View images, for example so that you can more easily find the destination on the spot.
Remember where you've been
If you have location history turned on, you can use the timeline feature to see where you've been on your travels. You can very easily find a restaurant that you went to last vacation and that you want to recommend to your friends, but you don't know its name anymore. All this information about your travels is organized by time intervals, cities, regions and countries, as well as by categories - restaurants, shops, hotels, tourist attractions, etc.
