Google Maps turns 20 – here are its most popular locations from the past two decades, plus Google’s favorite hidden tricks

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Maps turns 20 – here are its most popular locations from the past two decades, plus

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’s favorite hidden tricks

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  Maps is celebrating its 20th birthday
• These are some of the most popular spots and locations in its history
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  has also shared some handy tips and tricks

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Maps: the venerable app has turned 20, and to celebrate,

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has listed some of the most popular places on its maps, as well as sharing a bunch of

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Maps tips and tricks that you might not have come across before.

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of “some of the most-reviewed and most-photographed places” on

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Maps over the last couple of decades include restaurants, parks, monuments, museums, castles, and more – from

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in Texas to

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in Germany.

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has also shared some of the locations most popular in Immersive View on

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Maps, where you can actually see ground-level photography around and inside places: the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge, Big Ben, and the Griffith Observatory are included.

At the end of the round-up there are also some funny Street View photobombs, featuring animals snapped by the Street View cameras. The list is well worth

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– see how many spots you’ve visited, and how many you could plan to see in the future.

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Air quality is one of the layers available on

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Maps (Image credit: Future)

Continuing the birthday celebrations,

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of 20 things you didn’t know you could do with

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Maps. If you did already know about any of these tips and tricks, you can consider yourself above average when it comes to tech knowledge.

A couple that caught our eye are the recently added Gemini AI integration that we previously reported on, and the air quality report you can find for wherever you’re traveling to – tap on the layers icon (top right corner) to find it.

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also mentions the offline maps feature (tap your profile picture then Offline maps in the mobile app), and the lists feature that lets you bookmark destinations and share them with others – switch to the You tab in the app to find your lists.

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Here’s a bonus tip

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doesn’t mention: if you’re using your phone with one hand, you can still zoom in and out of the map by double-tapping on it, then sliding your finger or thumb up and down. You’re welcome.

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