User generated photo tours added to Google Maps

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Anything Microsoft can do, we can (try and) do better – at least that appears to be an unwritten motto at Google when it comes to some of the things it is trying.

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Google Goggles and PhotoSynth showing what image search can do for travel

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In a suite of announcements today – including how real time search will look in results – the new photo search product Google Goggles has plenty to get the traveller excited.



The new product has a limited release on Android-powered mobiles at present but is essentially a photo recognition system which allows users to send a snap from their phones to Google and receive information back about it.



Sounds simple – and it is.

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