Microsoft has given Bing Maps a makeover with a bunch of new features. The Bing Maps preview focuses more on travel planning and lets you search, view and share multiple places at one time.
Bing Maps preview are live in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Africa. The Bing Maps Preview organizes your search results into “cards” that are displayed to the left of the map. The cards allow multiple destinations in a single view and each card displays relevant information, such as hours of operation, and similar businesses and services nearby. In addition, Bing Maps can now also now highlights hotels, restaurants and gas stations near your route.
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Travel directions have been updated to show you multiple routes based on current travel time estimates and local traffic. The new split screen layout gives a great street-side view of your destination while displaying the map directly below it. Users can take a 360-degree tour of the area or drag your mouse along the map to view a new location. Right-clicking a location now brings up the option to save and sync a location across your Microsoft account and to the Windows Maps app.
Microsoft also says that it has made the new layout more touchscreen-friendly and that sharing your searches is now easier. The company said it will further update Bing Maps Preview, based on user feedback. You can check out the Maps Preview by visiting www.bing.com/mapspreview.