In a spirit for the makeover of the navigation bars, recently, Google has updated its Google Maps navigation interface.

Here are a few changes to the tool:

• The zoom bar has been redesigned.
• Now, the Street View can be accessed by clicking the person icon that is located above the zoom slider.
• The Street view is not wrapped with a box layer anymore. It is a bit more immersive, that fills the whole width with a small map appearing at the bottom right.
• Now, rotating a panorama photo is possible by moving the “N” symbol of the top compass.

Here is an older Map design:

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