Google Maps Views furthers Google+ integration, now displays your publicly shared location-enabled photos

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Views is a website under the Google Maps umbrella, with the focus of helping people explore the world through photos. With the most recent update, that also means any photo publicly shared by your Google+ account with location data enabled.

Although the most recent update to the site contains elements of Google's new design vision - Material Design, the biggest changes involve the further convergence of this product and Google+.

"Starting today, photos with locations that have been shared publicly from your Google+ account will appear in Views (g.co/views) in addition to your photo spheres. Some photos may also appear on +Google Maps, making the map more useful and comprehensive for everyone." - +Evan Rapoport 

With this in mind, it would be advisable to check your own profile on Views to make sure you're not accidentally sharing photos not intended to have been shared publicly or with location data enabled. Thankfully, Google has made it easy to change the sharing settings of your photos - Just click on a photo, press the menu button (three dots) and click on "Manage location data" to toggle.
Change how you share by clicking on the "Manage location data" menu button
Aside from that, it is a solid update to Views and the ever-deepening integration of Google+ is a sign the service isn't going anywhere, despite the various media reports over the past 6 months.