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Google Maps 5.8 for Android Adds Photo Uploads

Jul 27, 2011, 2:59 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Google today made version 5.8 of Google Maps available to Android handsets. The new version of Maps adds a number of features, including the ability to upload photos for places, support for descriptive terms in My Places, faster access to user-defined Places and starred searches, and a new check-in tool within Maps for Android. Google Maps for Android 5.8 is available to handsets running Android 2.1 and up.

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SnadBoy

Jul 27, 2011, 4:28 PM

Google Maps Update 5.8

Maybe ... just maybe, Google will one day make it easy to rename your starred map items from the phone.

JAYSENPR

WITH GOOGLE MAPS U CAN ADD A PICTURE OF THE PLACE U WERE IN AND TAG IT??? AND IF SO.. CAN U SHARE THEM??

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