Google Maps celebrates its 15th birthday with a new design and new features

Google Maps, the popular Google product that was conceived and developed in Sydney, Australia, is turning 15 years old. And it is celebrating with a host of new features and updates.
Google Maps, which is used by billions of people every day, went live for the first time on February 8, 2005.
It was co-founded by Australian software engineer Noel Gordon and at launch it was completely web based.
Initially Google Maps were being served to more than 10 million times per day despite the fact users n