10 useful things that can make Google Maps

1. Voice control

While driving in the car hands are usually busy. Therefore useful to you voice control function. Simply say in navigation mode passphrase "Okey, Google», and then clearly tell your request. Voice assistant can tell your current position, remaining journey time, the presence on the road traffic congestion and other useful information. In addition, with its help you can, without taking your hands off the wheel, dial the number, send a text message or even play music.

2. parking place

It is often difficult to find a place where you left your car. Especially if it happens to thousands of slaughtered Parking or in an unfamiliar city.

To mark on the map a parking place, simply click on the blue dot on your current location. Blue screen will appear with several options from which to choose "Save parking space."

3. demonstration locations

In Google Maps, you can share your current location to any contact. Moreover, the service is able to show all the movements for a specified length of time you have. A useful feature if you are lost or you want to show someone your route.

"Location Sharing" to open the activation side curtain and select. Then select the person with whom you want to share the information, and the duration of the function.

4. Search along the route

If you are traveling in an unfamiliar route and suddenly decided to have a snack or to refuel, then in Google Maps, you can search the desired places in the vicinity of your current location. Simply tapnite on the search bar and type in the form of a "gas station on the way" or inquiry "Cafe near me", for example. You can also search by voice, if you are behind the wheel.

5. street View

Street View - one of the coolest Google Maps function, which always comes to the rescue if you are not sure what to really come to the right place. To switch to this mode is necessary to select any point on the map, and then tap on the photo that appeared in the bottom left corner. Then you will see a circular panorama of the selected place and even be able to "walk" around the neighborhood.

6. Time Machine

Google is constantly updating map data, the information corresponds to reality. However, the old data will not disappear. You can at any time to view them in the desktop version of Google Maps, making this service in a kind of time machine.

First of all, you need to go to the Street View by dragging the yellow little man in the place of interest on the map. Then click on the small icon with the dial in the upper left corner. A pop-up window with the time scale, moving on which you can see how it looked in the past.

7. Send a route or a point on the phone

Prepare to tour or travel more for big-screen desktop computer. However, in the way we have to be content with mobile devices.

In the Google Maps web app in this case has a special feature that allows one-click to send the necessary information on your mobile phone. It is only necessary that the corresponding device has been registered in your Google-account.

8. Arrival time estimate

During route planning is sometimes necessary to know the exact time of arrival. However, to calculate it is not so easy, because the duration of the trip depends not only on distance but also on many other factors. For example, on transport timetables and traffic intensity at different times of the day.

Google Maps is able to consider all these factors. For an accurate calculation of the arrival time at the right place, just click on the item "Leave now," and enter the desired departure or arrival time.

9. range measurement

When you need to measure the length of his morning jogging or the distance to work, use the Google Maps mobile app. Simply select the start button, go to its properties and select "Measure Distance". Then on the map, you will be able to build a route of any complexity, as will be shown at the bottom of its length.

10. Additional terms

It is often necessary not only to move from point A to point B, but also to call on the way to points B, D and E. Service Google Maps is able to build complex routes with multiple via points. In the Web interface to do this, press the button with the plus sign and add the necessary points. The mobile client is necessary in the selection menu the starting and ending point choose "Add stop".

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