Most people use Google Maps to follow directions when driving or walking to places they don't know much about. Many of us also use Google Maps when planning a trip to locate the highlights of the area we want to visit. But Google Maps includes many other features that many people may not know, such as: for example: creating custom maps of travel routes and sharing them with others, using offline maps, etc.
Below we name the top 5 functions of Google Maps, which many may not know:
1- The advantage of saving the car's parking space:
While the car is waiting, open Google Maps on your phone and tap the blue dot showing your current location to open the options menu. Among the options, find the (Save Parking) option, press it and the Google Maps application will save the place where you stopped.
If you later need help locating your car, you can open Google Maps, tap the search bar, and tap the Saved Places option to get directions to your car.
If you don't need to follow the directions in the Google Maps app to get back to your car, you can delete this saved location tag by clicking Delete, selecting More Info, and then clicking the Delete button.
2- The possibility of using Google Maps without the Internet:
If you are planning a trip and your internet connection might go out, you can download a map of your desired destination and save it to Google Maps to use for offline navigation.
Follow these steps to download and save maps to the Google Maps app:
- Open the Google Maps app on your Android phone or iPhone.
- Click on your account picture shown in the upper right corner.
- Click on the (Offline Maps) option, it will show you all the maps that you previously downloaded, you will find that there is an option (choose your own map), click on it and select the map that you want to save.
- After you have finished selecting the map, click on the download button and the map will be saved in the offline map section and can be used anytime without the internet.
3- Measuring the distance between locations:
If you want to know the distance between two places then Google Maps can help you as you can easily measure the distance between any two points on the world map. To do this, follow these steps:
- If you are using a computer, open the Google Maps website, find the first location and right click on it.
- Click Options (Measure Distance) to measure the distance.
- Choose the distance between the second place you want to know the distance from and the first place you chose earlier and the distance between them will be displayed.
- If you are using the Google Maps app on your phone, tap a specific point on the map to add a marker there.
- Click the marker and choose Distance Measurement from the menu that appears.
- Select a second location to see how far it is from the first location.
This feature is useful for planning travel and excursions, for example: if you are planning a trip to the city of Rome and want to do several hiking trips in the same day, but some people in your group cannot cover long distances, use this feature Calculate the distance between your current location and your area , regardless of whether you and your team can get to the area on foot or by public transportation.
4- Special card features:
The next time you're planning a trip with friends, use the dedicated Google Maps feature to easily locate the destinations you want to visit and share them with your friends.
This feature allows you to tag different destinations, group markers, share your maps for those destinations so they can add other destinations to them, and view your route.
To find this job, follow these steps:
- Open Google Maps on your computer and click the three-line menu button in the upper left corner.
- Click on the option (your location) and then click on the map button that appears in the upper right corner.
- Click the Create Map option.
5- Explore the city using Google Maps live view features:
If you've been following walking directions on Google Maps in a city you don't know much about, you can turn on the Live View feature, which works with augmented reality to show information about the places you pass.
You can use this feature to find popular city attractions, shops, cafes, and restaurants within walking distance, as well as details on store hours, customer reviews, ATMs, and more.
