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How Android users get access to over 10,000 indoor maps

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    Google’s indoor initiative has now gone beyond large museums and notable points of interest to office buildings that don’t mind showing where the coffee maker is hidden — just so long as you’re using an Android device.

    When Google announced it had added 20 additional museums to its indoor mapping service Wednesday, the most interesting part of the story was treated as just a throwaway factoid in the company’s blog post: There are now more than 10,000 indoor maps available to Android device users.

    10,000 indoor maps. You can consider this proof positive that Google is making headway in its effort to chart every nook and cranny of navigable terrain, even if this includes carpet and linoleum.

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