Google Maps may soon feature smaller markers for saved locations, reducing clutter on the app. The change occurs when zooming ...

Discover all the ways you can customize Google Maps vehicle icons in the latest beta release of the Android app.

Here's how to customize the vehicle icon and color on Google Maps. Life's easier with these Google Maps features Google Maps allows you to switch from the default blue arrow to three vehicle icons ...

Google is testing a change to the Google Maps app that should make things less crowded if you've got many saved places.

As we have already explained, the new ‘Z’ icon in Google Maps is somewhat hidden. So much so that when we enter the data of a ...

Google Maps for Android is now prompting users about “early access to customize your vehicle icon’s style & color.” This ...

Mercury Intermedia, in a post on Medium, shares its extensive documentation of Apple Maps’ iconography over the years: A few years ago we published a post examining the point of interest (POI) icons ...

The aim, it explains, is to move away from an overabundance of 'hand-holding' map icons and markers toward an open world where information is "key [and] a form of reward". As such, rather than be ...