Category: Google maps

Open your Chrome browser; click on the Menu icon. Then, select the New incognito window. Open Google Maps in the new incognito mode. See if you can find any error again. Your Google account may interfere with Google Maps. In case if you sign out of your Google account, then that will fix the problem. […]

Elevation information is not available Google Maps doesn’t show elevation everywhere. For example, if you use the app to move from point A to point B in a city, you’ll notice the feature is not available. You should be asking “Can google maps show elevation?” One source proposed in order to see elevation information, you […]

Data: Google Maps use data from more than 1,000 authoritative sources around the world. Imagery: The imagery comes from broadly two sources – aerial images captured by airplanes and earth-observing satellites, and street-level data obtained by Google’s own Street View project. Also see: Then again, data and imagery are static., and now read:. One of […]

The short answer seems to be that some countries have persuaded Google to blur out specific areas for ” national security” reasons. Wikipedia has an article on it with some more (limited!) information. Interestingly, I couldn’t find any official Google article on blurring in Maps, apart from some general references to Street View. Why does […]

Everyone who uses Google Maps might think that it uses too much data since it downloads real maps and directions but as a result of our research, it actually doesn’t use up that much data at all. How much data does Google Maps use? The long answer: Google Maps only doesn’t need much data to […]

An open redirection vulnerability in Google Map lets allows hackers redirect victims into malicious websites that leads to downloaded malware and other potential threats. Gl URL shortening service and hide the pernicious URL within it to trick victims and redirect to visit malicious web pages. How did Google Maps get hacked? The initial vulnerability stemmed […]

To download maps from Google Maps, you just need to search for the location you want and tap “Download.” Once you’ve downloaded a Google map, you can see it even when you’re offline. Maps can only be downloaded using the Google Maps smartphone or tablet apps. Downloading maps from Google Maps is easy. To download […]

Your location data can be used for things like real-time traffic updates, estimating current traffic speeds, and pinpointing road diversions. If a busy route suddenly has no traffic, Maps can assume there’s a diversion and will adjust directions accordingly. Google also uses this data to estimate the hours when individual businesses will be busy. And […]

Google Maps are a lifesaver when it comes to commuting as it is one of the most reliable source of navigation. One needs a stable internet connection for the Maps to work smoothly. However, in our country we often face bandwidth issues which results in patchy internet connections which often leaves us in the middle […]

But in reality, Google Maps uses virtually no data compared to the other apps on your phone. On average, Google Maps uses around 2.19MB of data for every hour you’re on the road. For comparison, Spotify uses the same amount of data to play a three-minute song. While reading we ran into the query “Does […]