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Only your friend, who'd gone missing for three months, comes back looking better than ever. Like Apple devices, the maps are clean and clear and have a fun, pretty element to them, especially in 3-D. But when it comes down to depth and information, Google still reigns superior and will no doubt be welcomed back by its fans. Tweney then provided instructions on how disable location history.
The privacy change, an update to the Gmail iOS app that "now supports sign-in across Google iOS apps, including Maps, Drive , YouTube and Chrome ", meant that Google would be able to identify users' actions across its different apps. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
It has been suggested that this article be merged into Google Maps. Discuss Proposed since July A screenshot of Google Maps on Android Lollipop. Retrieved May 26, Retrieved May 1, Retrieved April 25, Retrieved April 30, The New York Times. Apple's buggy iOS 6 maps lead to widespread complaints".
Google Maps Navigation For Android 2. Retrieved November 19, Retrieved June 29, Retrieved December 7, Notice that there is a pin in the map, but no additional place information is provided on the map or in the side panel:. In a categorical search, you pass a general search term, and Google Maps attempts to find listings that match your criteria near the location you specify.
It has been suggested that this article be merged into Google Maps. Event Control point Course Map. Wind roses, curves showing the distribution of other meteorological elements, diagrams of the annual course of elements at individual stations, and the like are also plotted on climatic maps. Defines an extra layer to display on the map, if any. Determines the horizontal field of view of the image.
If no location is specified, Google Maps attempts to find listings nearby your current location. In the example below, a search for pizza restaurants in Seattle, WA, results in the following map:. Directions action displays the path between two or more specified points on the map, as well as the distance and travel time. The following URL launches a map in directions mode and provides a form to allow the user to enter the origin and destination. The following example launches a map with walking directions from Google in Sydney, Australia, to the Queen Victoria Building.
The pano action lets you launch a viewer to display Street View images as interactive panoramas. Each Street View panorama provides a full degree view from a single location. Images contain degrees of horizontal view a full wrap-around and degrees of vertical view from straight up to straight down. The pano action launches a viewer that renders the resulting panorama as a sphere with a camera at its center.
You can manipulate the camera to control the zoom and the orientation of the camera. Google Street View provides panoramic views from designated locations throughout its coverage area.
User contributed Photospheres , and Street View special collections are also available. The first two examples display a panorama of the Eiffel Tower. Example one uses only a viewpoint for the location, and sets the optional heading , pitch , and fov parameters. For comparison, example two uses a pano ID as well as the same parameters set in the first example.
The third example displays an indoor panorama image. Uses a pano ID as well as a viewpoint location. The pano ID takes precedence over the viewpoint.
In this example, the panorama ID is found, so the viewpoint is ignored. Notice that the panorama image that is displayed for the pano ID is slightly different, and more recent, than the image found using only the viewpoint. The following directions examples launch Google Maps and display driving directions from Paris, France to Cherbourg, France, routing through the following waypoints: Waypoints defined as City, Country:.
Defines waypoints as City, Country, but lists the waypoints in a different order compared to the previous examples. Demonstrates that the map displays waypoints in the order they are listed in the URL.
Find a place. Your location. Trails. Dedicated lanes. Bicycle-friendly roads. Dirt/ unpaved trails. Live traffic. Fast. Slow. km. Set depart & arrive time. Using Maps URLs, you can build a universal, cross-platform URL to launch Google Maps and perform searches, get directions and navigation, and display map.
Displays a map with a specified basemap satellite and layer transit. Note that the pano ID is prefaced with F: Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.
For details, see our Site Policies. Last updated December 12, Introduction Using Maps URLs, you can build a universal, cross-platform URL to launch Google Maps and perform searches, get directions and navigation, and display map views and panoramic images. Universal cross-platform syntax As a developer of an Android app, an iOS app, or a website, you can construct a common URL, and it will open Google Maps and perform the requested action, no matter the platform in use when the map is opened.
On an Android device: On an iOS device: See the following documentation: Search — launch a Google Map that displays a pin for a specific place, or perform a general search and launch a map to display the results: Map actions The map actions available are: Search The search action displays results for a search across the visible map region.
Forming the Search URL https: Defines the place s to highlight on the map. The query parameter is required for all search requests. A place ID is a textual identifier that uniquely identifies a place. If you specify both parameters, the query is only used if Google Maps cannot find the place ID. If you are trying to definitively link to a specific establishment, the place ID is the best guarantee that you will link to the right place. Searching for the place name "CenturyLink Field" results in the following map: Notice that there is a pin in the map, but no additional place information is provided on the map or in the side panel: In the example below, a search for pizza restaurants in Seattle, WA, results in the following map: Forming the Directions URL https: Defines the starting point from which to display directions.
Defaults to most relevant starting location, such as user location, if available. If none, the resulting map may provide a blank form to allow a user to enter the origin. If you are trying to definitively specify an establishment, using a place ID is the best guarantee that you will link to the right place. URLs that use this parameter must also include an origin. Defines the endpoint of the directions. If none, the resulting map may provide a blank form to allow the user to enter the destination. URLs that use this parameter must also include a destination.
Defines the method of travel. Options are driving , walking which prefers pedestrian paths and sidewalks, where available , bicycling which routes via bike paths and preferred streets where available , or transit. Launches either turn-by-turn navigation or route preview to the specified destination, based on whether the origin is available. If the user specifies an origin and it is not close to the user's current location, or the user's current location is unavailable, the map launches a route preview.
If the user does not specify an origin in which case the origin defaults to the user's current location , or the origin is close to the user's current location, the map launches turn-by-turn navigation. Specifies one or more intermediary places to route directions through between the origin and destination. Multiple waypoints can be specified by using the pipe character to separate places for example, Berlin,Germany Paris,France.