Google Maps is a free web mapping service and API provided by Google.
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Showing nearest franchise location with Google Map
Can I share a link with Google Maps, that will request user for his location & show nearest franchise location of X company?
Example: User click link-> Location Request & Provided -> Show ...
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How do I search for businesses in a specific area on Google and sort by rating?
I'm having a heck of a time figuring out which of Google's properties will allow me to do this seemingly simple search:
I want a list of businesses in a specific area, sorted by customer rating.
For ...
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Change friends icon/avatar on Google Latitude
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 import objects from My Maps to Google Places
We have a map with hundreds of points but they don't appear in Google Maps search. I was told that if I put them in Google Places, they will appear in maps search.
Is this true?
And if it is true ...
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How to convert Google map route into array of coordinates?
Is there any tool or method in order to convert Google Map route, direction into array of lat/lon coordinates? What I am trying to do is to simulate NMEA sentences in order to test my application.
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How do you search by highway exit number in Google Maps?
Is it possible to specify a highway exit number? e.g. "Exit 62, I-84, OR"
This format doesn't work. Are there others that will?
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How to save embedded Google map to my account
Is there a way to save an embedded Google map with its pins to my account or my maps so I can view them in my Android mobile?
For example, here's a map with ATMs of my city: ...
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Add many locations to Google Map?
I have a bunch of addresses that I need to add to one of my Google Maps.
Google Maps just says to add each and everyone of them manually, but it's a lot of of work to do this manually.
Does someone ...
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Google Maps; saved KML files witll not import
KML files saved from Google Maps will not work when I use "Create map" and try to import them.
I have tried from two different PCs using 2 different browsers (IE;Opera).
I resorted to this as a test ...
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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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Earth View as default on Google Maps
I frequently use the Earth View (the one like in external Google Earth program) on maps.google.com as i find it more pleasant and quick rather then the laggy map and satellite views.
However, every ...
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Google Maps: calculate time traveled
I would like to embed Google Maps into my internal website and what I would like to do is change the "drag to change route" to "Time: hh:mm" when you roll over the route line. Time is calculated by a ...
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Claim and fix an unauthorized listing in Google Maps/Places
One of our branch offices has had a Google Maps/Places listing created and verified by a staff member who was not authorized (not the IT or Communications & Marketing departments); the office has ...
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How to set an arrival time in Google Maps desktop that is not on the hour?
When getting directions from Google Maps, you can set an arrival or departure time. On the Android app, you can set any time you like, but on the desktop webapp, you are limited to only "on the hour" ...
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Collaborate on Google Map with Circle
Is there any way to add a Google+ Circle to the list of collaborators when collaborating a Google Map?
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Is there a Google Street view to video conversion service?
Is there any service that allows you to provide a Google Maps route and it would create a video based on Google Street View data?
All you'd need to do is set video speed so it could go anywhere from ...
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Mobile web google map directions link without GPS
When I load the URL:
http://maps.google.co.uk/m/local?q=51.564666,+-3.275084
with a user agent string of:
Nokia9210i/1.0 Symbian Crystal/6.0
it gives a link saying "Get directions" but when I ...
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How do I hide the address bubble in a Google Fusion Table iframe?
The following is a view generated from Google's Fusion Tables:
<iframe width="900px" height="600px" scrolling="no" ...
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Differentiate Road GPS point from Building GPS point in Google maps
Are there any API methods where I can enter a certain coordinate and be able to tell a major building from a road? I want to be able to take a list of XML/JSON data and confirm that it imports ...
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Add foreign KML map-data in Google-Maps online
This is concerning this question:
old windfinder forecast googlemap
The data from the old wind forecasts probably came from NOAA, and it's
available here. The raw data is in the form of ...
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Is there a service that has an online survy that creates searchable results including mapping?
Cheers. We are mapping neighborhoods here in Long Beach, California for volunteers that would like to be involved in improving their neighborhood or other areas of Long Beach. We're looking for a ...
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How can I show Marker on Google Maps in URL?
<iframe width="270" height="250" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.in/maps?f=d&source=s_d&t=k&layer=t& ...
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Trouble opening MapsGL
Google Maps says that MapsGL is enabled (in my table of contents), but the controls are not visible, and the map is not functional in that program. I happened to have gotten it to work at one time, so ...
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How to make Google Maps remember my language?
Although this is minor issue, it is annoying.
I'm usually logged into my Google Account and my Chrome browser remembers my login. All other Google services remember my chosen language. Only Google ...
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Displaying Multiple KML Files Using Google Maps
I have multiple .kml files which map basic things like hotels, hospitals etc of a area seperately. I would like to have it displayed on a website with an option for visitors to choose as to which type ...
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Alternatives to Google Maps for storing and displaying multiple routes simultaneously
Here's what I want to do: plan out several potential bike rides and be able to display them all simultaneously to other people. I've used Google Maps for this (with its 'my places' or 'my maps'), but ...
