How to become the boss of Google Maps?

Much time has passed since then, when Google Maps was not the competition. Yandex maps, Navitel and other rapidly and in some ways even surpass Google. But, if you continue to use Google Maps, here are some tips on how to do it to the fullest!

Save your home and work address

In Google Maps has an excellent feature that greatly simplifies working with them - saving your home and work address. If you often are in these places, then why not keep them to never enter their longer? Moreover, it is possible to cheat and add instead of home and work other places that you visit often. For example: the address of friends, the gym, or something else, limited only by the imagination.

types of routes

Those who frequently uses Google Maps, is likely to know about this feature, but it will be very helpful for beginners. When you get directions in Google Maps, by default it provides driving directions. But what if you want to get to the right places on foot, by bike or public transport? Click "Advanced Settings" and select the appropriate mode of transport. This feature will greatly facilitate your life, if you are traveling not only on the machine and want to see the other routes.

smart search

What Google service without Smart Search? Once you have mastered this feature, use Google Maps will become at times more convenient. If you can use the advanced search on Google, there will not be nothing complicated. For example, if you want to take a walk in the park, you can simply type "parks next to the house" or "parks in Kiev", and Google will show you the closest parks. And if you type "Chinese restaurant", then Google will show all nearby restaurants, except Chinese.

groups

In the upper right corner there is a menu that allows you to include additional layers on the map. If you include too much - get a mess, but, nevertheless, each in its own way is useful:

• Transport: Displays public transport routes
• Photo: photo shows a variety of attractions and interesting places
• Weather: The weather is displayed in the left menu
• Webcams: displays pictures from web cameras around the world, resulting in the last hour
• By bike: cycling routes shows and evaluates them according to popularity

Have something to share?

Of course, Google does not forget about your social network and you can share your routes or places with friends. It is much easier to use than to explain the way the phone.

Laboratory

As well as in Gmail, in Google Maps has its own extensions laboratory. It is a collection of experimental features. You can try to include a few of them, if you find yourself something useful. However, some features may not work properly or cause bugs.

Output

Now that you know a few secrets to Google Maps to help you use the card even better and faster. You know other chips cards from Google? Share them in the comments!