Questions tagged [google-maps]
For questions about Google's web application for showing maps in a web browser. Questions about smartphone apps or development using the Google Maps API belong elsewhere.
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Searching for Google Maps direction by query
When I want to get directions between two well-known places, I enter a query like "from Heaven to Hell" into Google, then switch to Maps tab and the route is there (provided that Heaven and Hell are ...
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Change friends icon/avatar on Google Latitude [closed]
I recently started using Google Latitude with some of my close friends. Many of them have not set a picture for their icon/avatar yet, so when looking at a map it can be difficult to identify people (...
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How to embed Google Maps photospheres?
"Google Maps - Views" shared with Google Maps a feature that allowed us to generated HTML for embedding a photosphere into another website.
A description of the feature can be seen at: https://...
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How can I show Marker on Google Maps in URL?
Here I'm using an iFrame and passing one URL with dynamic latitude/longitude:
<iframe width="270" height="250" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps....
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A Google Maps icon is in the wrong place - how can I suggest it be moved?
I've noticed that when doing either the Satellite or Map views on Google Maps, sometimes the icon indicating where a particular business is located is just wrong: off not by yards, but by hundreds or ...
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Mouse wheel zoom setting for Google Maps
Is there a way to set it so that the mouse wheel zoom in Google Maps zooms more or less?
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How do I get multiple driving times in Google sheets without "Service invoked error"?
I keep getting this error.
"Service invoked too many times for one day: route. (line 3)."
Here is the link to my sample sheet. With script attached
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/...
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Load multiple KMZ files or geoRSS feeds into Google Maps
I have multiple KMZ files/geoRSS feeds I want to use as different layers in Google Maps (Not Earth).
How would I do this?
I know of two ways to use KMZ files with Maps:
My Maps You can import KMZ ...
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How does Google Maps calculate walking time?
In above linked image, Google Maps is showing that a distance of 293km can be covered by walking in 2 days and 12 hours. Does this estimated time include rest/sleep time or is it continuous ...
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How do I copy the address from Google Maps?
How do I select and copy the address from Google Maps? I need to copy the info to a restaurant into a Meetup. It won't select the text!
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Adding a keyword shortcut for Google Maps on Firefox
I tried to add a keyboard shortcut for searching Google Bookmarks using the option in the right click menu, but when I try to use it, only a blank search box appears. How can I make this work?
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Where can I contact Google to tell them my review isn't showing up?
Where can I contact Google to tell them my review isn't showing up?
I wrote a review for a company I visited, but the review isn't showing up.
It shows on my end but not when i'm logged into another ...
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How can I share a link to Google Maps with 3D view enabled?
I can share a link to Google Maps with someone so that they can view the location from above:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.213931,-8.7751829,46m/data=!3m1!1e3
And it looks like this:
Now, they ...
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Increasing quotas of Google Maps API
I recently bought a web platform that uses Google Maps API, however the maximum quota set by Google is not enough for my need.
My account already has a credit card for billing. I have not found any ...
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How to remove a custom label in Google Maps?
I am a regular geo-cacher and therefore I want to mark certain places on Google Maps to find the location faster when I am playing. I enter the coordinates of the location in the search bar, go to the ...
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Why new Google Maps leads bikers against traffic on a one-way streets?
This is against law regulations in many countries (i.e. Holland). Why then? What is the reason behind?
I can, somehow, understand cornfields, lakes etc., because you can easily avoid those, when you ...
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Did Google Maps stop working in IE8 in late 2014?
Google maps in IE8 now appears to generally look like this (checked several machines):
I'm fairly sure it worked a few weeks ago. But googling for the problem only shows up a 2012 news item about ...
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How do I share map links in the new version of Google Maps?
The new vector-based version of maps.google.com seems to have lost the ability to easily share a map location or point of interest with someone else. It seems there are some Google+ sharing features, ...
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How do you change a photo of a location in Google Maps?
If you're actually the owner of a location in Google Maps, how do you change the picture of it?
For an example of what I mean:
If that was my location or business, how do I update or change the ...
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Find an optimal route between multiple map locations
For me the ideal app would push the route to Google maps so I could save it to My Maps and use Google Navigation in the car to travel the route. Any solution would be good though.
Here's an example ...
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How to convert Google Maps "My Maps" to an image?
I have found this excelent tool
My Maps -> Static Map Converter
Which does what I want, converting polygons, polylines and markers too.
But it has a limitation. It generates URLs so big that the ...
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Plotting multiple routes in Google/Bing maps
Is there any way I can plot multiple directions on Google on Bing Maps? By multiple, I don't mean A to B to C, but rather A to B and C to D and E to F etc.
I am looking to plot all the roadtrips I ...
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Create Google My Map from list of addresses
I have list of 25 or so addresses and I would like to create a Google My Map from them (so they are a set of placemarks). However, My Maps seems to allow creating placemarks only by drawing on the map ...
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How to get full business opening hours in Google Maps?
Some businesses share their opening/closing times on their own POI on Google Maps.
The web interface in my browser shows the times for the current week only (and when they were last updated). However, ...
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Changing name of saved places from coordinates in Google Maps
I'm creating a list of saved places on Google Maps, some are not already saved locations so I'm labeling them then adding to the list. However, on the list, they displayed as coordinates, not the ...
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Google Maps - Error Message "Failed to save to favorites" [duplicate]
In Google Maps, I try (for the first time) to save a location to the predefined "Favorites" list (under Menu > Your places > Saved > Favorites). I get the error message "Failed to save to favorites". ...
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Embed a Google Map and link to a marker in it from HTML
Let's say I embed a Google Map in a webpage. The map has markers highlighting a series of places in it, and the webpage has text listing those places. I want the user to be able to click on a link in ...
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How is UberEATS maximum delivery distance determined?
How far can the recipient be from the restaurant? Is this quantity determined by Uber or by the restaurant?
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Switch to street view in Google maps search results
In a past question, I've expressed my confusion about Google's behavior when it comes to navigating between search results by type of content (web search, image search, maps search…) - without losing ...
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Is it possible to embed a map in a Google Keep note?
Just as the title says, is it possible to embed a map from Google Maps (i.e. when you click on "share") in a note from Google Keep?
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How can I invite people to add a marker to a map created with Google Maps My Maps?
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I am looking into the ways of inviting people to add markers to a map that I created using My Maps of Google Maps. I know that I can share the link to the map with editing rights but ...
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In the New Google Maps, How do I Highlight Several Addresses at Once?
In classic Google Maps, I used to be able to show several placemarks at a time. I used this a lot to find hotels or other places of interest near a location I know I would have to go to.
The ...
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Where will I be on my route at a certain time?
Is there a way in Waze (or any other mapping app) to see where I will be on my current route at a certain time?
For example, I want to know roughly where I'll be at 7 am at my current rate with ...
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How can I make Google "My Maps" use miles?
I'm creating a map using Google My Maps. It works pretty well, but the "measure distances and areas" tool seems to work exclusively in km, even though I'm creating a map in London, and have English ...
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How do I create a map from Google Sheet data that's in another sheet?
I'm trying to create a Google My Map based on addresses in a Google Sheet "file". This seems to work OK following the standard instructions, except that I can't seem to extract data on anything except ...
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Google Maps shows wrong name
Recently I posted a question Business won't show up on Google Maps. It turned that I had to wait a bit longer for Google to put my business on its maps.
Now I have a new problem - the name of the ...
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Business won't show up on Google Maps
I'm having problems with showing a business on Google Maps.
I've created the Google+ and business page. I've updated all the info and the Google verification code so the business is verified (I've ...
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Has "Save to map" gone from Google Maps Classic?
I am a frequent user of Google Maps, and I have quite a few of "My Maps", where I collect placemarks.
Now I am trying to create a new of these My Maps, and add placemarks to it. After searching for ...
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How to create a custom map by plotting only certain addresses or points in an online Web mapping service like Google Maps etc. for printing
For example, for any city, I want to create a A4 printable map, showing only specific addresses (like important areas of a city). Such a map will show which direction each area falls, optionally ...
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Activate traffic view in new Google Maps?
How do I activate traffic view in new Google Maps? I can find the feature and see the color bar from fast to slow traffic view. I select traffic, but nothing happens.
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Custom maps in Google Maps / Google Map Maker
I want to make a custom Google Map to show someone points of interest in an area. Ideally, I’d like to drop pins on the points of interest and then add notes and images (which I’ve taken) to these ...
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Google Maps map marker hover text
When you search for a company in maps, you can hover your mouse over the map and see additional text.
This looks like it comes from the website of the company, from the metadescription, or body if no ...
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Why does maps.google.co.uk show me the web search page?
Since moving to the UK I have a weird problem on Google Maps: It always shows me the Google web search interface rather than a map. For example, https://maps.google.co.uk/m?q=london&client=ubuntu&...
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Is it possible to make a dynamic route in Google Maps?
I am using a program that every 4 minutes sends me (via email) a GPS position in a format of a link to Google Maps, like so:
Move to N10.0700+E50.8625
Move to N10.0700+E50.8925
Move to N10.0700+E50....
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How can I map my Gmail contacts' physical location in Google Maps?
Is there a way plot groups of my Gmail contacts' physical locations in Google Maps?
OS is Windows Vista.
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Can pins on a Google Map link to other websites?
I'd like to set up a Google Map or any other map with pins in certain locations and have those pins link to other websites.
Anyone know how I can do that?
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How do I get links to reliably pop out of embedded Google Maps frame?
We have created a map with a bunch of locations added for meetings we sponsor. Each location has a link in the description to launch out to that meeting's agenda/location info/etc. page (usually ...
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Is there a shareable URL for randomstreetview.com that hides the location?
I want to play an online icebreaker game with some colleagues about guessing the location from Google Street View. The idea is that as the quiz master I will find a random spot (where I know the ...
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Is it possible to view the entire search history in Google Maps and not just the most recent one?
If you press in the text box to type address in Google Maps, it only shows the few recent searches. This initially made be believe it deletes older searches. However if you type one or a few letters ...
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Google Sheets / Maps - Exception: Service invoked too many times for one day
I have the following script in my Google spreadsheet to calculate the distance in miles and time driving between two addresses. It works perfect until I get an error "Exception: Service invoked ...
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