Category: Google maps

Offline happens when it has not been used for awhile by that person…they are basically offline with google maps only because they are not active on it. Frank says July 13, 2019 at 5:34 am. For past few months, Google Maps users are facing a weird issue, where on sharing their location with significant others, […]

You can use the Google Spreadsheets add-on called Geosheets to create your map. That way your map will automatically update in realtime whenever data changes in your spreadsheet. I actually found that using Google Fusion tables solved this problem so that when that was up dated, so was the map. This means, in essence, Google […]

Google Maps, while having lots of room for improvement, is the best tool for finding bike paths and directions. They keep track of all the bike trails, dedicated bike lanes, bike friendly streets, and even bike friendly dirt/unpaved roads. Can you use Google Maps to plan an electric bike ride? Google Maps is among the […]

How it works Google Maps relies on a technology that we can generically describe it as a map server. The map server generates a map for the requested location from a large set of pre-generated map tile images covering the entire planet. The map server may overlay data from other databases on top of this. […]

At the moment Google Maps does not support a Truck option for its Navigation mode. The latest Garmin devices are getting a good name. Our automated system analyzes replies to choose the one that’s most likely to answer the question. Because Google Maps does not have a truck route function for truckers, avoid using it […]

Speed information is now included on Google Maps. The next time you use Google Maps, it will now start telling you how fast you are going. Speed limits is a function that’s been in the testing phase for more than two years on Google Maps, but now it looks like the feature has started rolling […]

There is Google Street View in some larger cities in Germany like Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Munich. Privacy laws in Germany required Google to apply for permissions from the owners of buildings to show them which they didn’t so they had to stop recording the Street View photos. Many homeowners objected to Google integrating their home […]

With Google Maps, there are two different ways to measure distance. First, you can measure the distance between two locations using the Google Maps directions feature. This calculates the distance along streets. Second, you can measure distance between any two points using the Google Maps measure distance feature. Can google maps measure distance in feet? […]

On the Google Maps app, you can give a place a private label that will help you find the place easily when you need to travel there. According to Google support, Place labels are a feature of Google Maps that surfaces great content such as landmarks, businesses, and tourist attractions on the app’s base map […]

You can use any web browser on your computer to visit this site. 2 Identify your destination. Use the search box on the upper left corner of the page and type in your destination location or address. A shortlist of possible results will drop down. We should find out! There are different tools available that […]