{"id":1898,"date":"2012-11-25T10:08:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T15:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2013-06-18T14:32:45","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:32:45","slug":"indoor-floor-plans-now-available-on-google-maps-for-the-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/indoor-floor-plans-now-available-on-google-maps-for-the-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"Indoor floor plans now available on Google Maps for the desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=West+Edmonton+Mall,+8882+170+St+NW,+Edmonton,+Division+No.+11,+Alberta+T5T+4V4&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=45.558042,-73.730303&amp;sspn=0.625967,1.790771&amp;t=m&amp;geocode=FRqwMAMdJEA6-Q&amp;hnear=West+Edmonton+Mall,+8882+170+St+NW,+Edmonton,+Division+No.+11,+Alberta+T5T+4V4&amp;z=15\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1899\" title=\"Google_Maps_floor_plans\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/11\/Google_Maps_floor_plans-300x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/11\/Google_Maps_floor_plans-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/11\/Google_Maps_floor_plans-1024x642.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/11\/Google_Maps_floor_plans-477x300.png 477w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2012\/11\/Google_Maps_floor_plans.png 1263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This week <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/+GoogleMaps\/posts\/HCBcs2ydUFx\">Google Maps<\/a> announced that the indoor floor plans are available for selected locations on Google Maps for the desktop. Many airports, train stations, shopping malls, and libraries have provided their floor plans on Google Maps. That means, you may be able to choose the restaurant that you would like to eat in an airport or\u00a0plan your Black Friday\u00a0itinerary in a shopping mall before you leave home.<\/p>\n<p>Although a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/support.google.com\/gmm\/bin\/answer.py?hl=en&amp;answer=1685827\">places<\/a>\u00a0worldwide have joined this project, the only location in Canada that\u00a0made\u00a0its indoor maps available\u00a0is <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=West+Edmonton+Mall&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=53.522439,-113.622011&amp;spn=0.004624,0.009602&amp;sll=45.558042,-73.730303&amp;sspn=0.625967,1.790771&amp;t=m&amp;z=17\">West Edmonton Mall<\/a>\u00a0in Edmonton.\u00a0If you\u00a0were a venue owner, would you <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/floorplans\">submit <\/a>your floor plans to Google Maps?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week Google Maps announced that the indoor floor plans are available for selected locations on Google Maps for the desktop. Many airports, train stations, shopping malls, and libraries have provided their floor plans on Google Maps. That means, you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/indoor-floor-plans-now-available-on-google-maps-for-the-desktop\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-1898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-maps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1898"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3169,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1898\/revisions\/3169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}