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The care for these kind of minute details of map design is part of what makes Google Maps such a standout product. What products do you use day to day where the makers sweat out the tiniest of details like this?

But to be more correct, none of this is “tiny”. Layout and legibility are the most important core features of a map even if they look tiny on the screen.

https://www.justinobeirne.com/google-maps-label-readability

Alper Cugun
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