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Include visual characteristics/amenities on maps places as icons

When clicking and expanding a place on maps, it would be helpful and easier to find many facilities, amenities or characteristics of the places if they were more visual.

For example, through icons on the top:

 

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Sometimes it's hard to find specific things like if it's dog-friendly, or accessible without scrolling through all the reviews and looking for relevant information you need.

This is only an example, but there are many icons that could be used to include relevant information and find it at a glance.

 

Continuing with this idea, when answering questions Y/N, maybe there should be some questions about it also through icons:

 

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This way, in the sense of general information, would be easier to answer. Afterwards, you can keep asking for more specific things.

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Level 8

I think it's a very good idea @Elenkies   Not only because it would make it easier to understand (at first glance) but also makes it more accessible, at least for the basic tags. Sometimes words /tags are not good enough.

Level 9

@Elenkies we love dogs. I know there are #doggooglers who'll freak out over this

Former Google Contributor

Hi @Elenkies,

 

Thanks for sharing with us the suggestion, with such detailed explanation!

 

For the suggestion itself, would these icons cope well with the additional information provided on the locations (as shown in the screenshot bellow)? Should the icons use the information provided there, do you think there should be an expanding menu for the icons?

 

Feel free to share your further thoughts on the idea. : ]

 

As a side note, it would be the best practice to have each ideas suggested on individual posts and for the moment, the status of the idea has been changed.

 

At your convenience, you may change up a bit, as the posts could be with the same title but to be put into Part 1, Part 2 and so on.

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