Lately, social media has been filled with posts of users describing their journeys through time, made possible by Google Maps. No longer just a tool for directions, the map application has transformed ...

You can also just turn on satellite mode Google Maps gets “more detailed, colorful map” Expect bluer blues, greener greens, brown deserts, and more detail.

For context, in 2019, the travel maps and atlases category sold 666,000 units, with year-over-year sales up 7%. Tony Rodono owns and runs The Map Shop.

A cool free tool creates a heat map of your Google Maps movement data in no time at all. You can immediately see where you spend most of your time and where you rarely go.

Similarly, Google Maps on Android and iOS will be able to show how busy a place is when you’re navigating to that location. As for when these new locations for Google Maps busyness indicators ...

Eugene Yeh, director of Go-to-Market for Google Maps Platform: "We know creators and developers across platforms want rich, photorealistic 3D visualizations and that is why we are excited to bring ...

In Google Maps, the downloaded map was 289MB; it was 859.7MB in Apple Maps. The mysterious "optimize storage" toggle didn't seem to make any difference—at least in this beta release.

2. Travel back in time (Image credit: Future) Google Maps’ Street View feature is a great way to check out an area from street level, without actually being there, and it's updated pretty regularly.

From your favorite web browser, go to Google My Maps. Click on the Create a New Map button or the + icon. Type a name for this map. Next, click on the Add Directions icon that is located under the ...