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Friday, 7 October 2011

Transliteration Layer in Google Maps

Posted on 02:30 by Unknown
Google Maps has a new layer that "switches between the labels in the local language and transliterated text". It's enabled by default, but you can disable it by mousing over the layer box and unchecking "English". Until now, both versions were displayed and the map looked cluttered.



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