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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How set metric system default and unchangeable in Google Maps?
I just moved to the US and suddenly every search on google maps uses miles as the default option. I can go to options and change it to Km for every search but I was looking for something permanent.
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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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Google maps timeline queries
I know I can use Google maps timeline to see where I have been at some point in time. Is it also possible to have more sophisticated queries, like when was the last time I visited some place?
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Save a place in Street View
Is it possible to save a place while in Street View mode?
For example with this Google Maps link (screenshot)
If I click the pin icon in the top left corner, it takes me to a screen where there's a ...
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Is there a way on Google Maps (online version) to make Public transportation the default mode?
Google Maps on Android allows the user to set his prefered mode of transportation. I didn't find a similar mode on the web-version. Does such a mode exist?
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How to add an address I found in Google Maps into Google Calendar?
Is there a way in desktop browsers to import an address I found in Google Maps into Google Calendar?
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How to open custom (embedded) Google maps in full view?
I want to open an embedded map that has custom routes in it in full view but clicking the "Google" logo only takes me to the map without all the custom information.
How do I open a custom map in full ...
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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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Link to Google Map with Places name and Coordinates selects wrong location
I'm sorry I can't list specifics here. Term of the contract and all.
The client wants links to their (very large number) of stores on google maps from their web page listings. This works for the ...
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Google Maps: How do I start a route that I've saved to My Maps?
I've started using Google's My Maps feature for planning both an upcoming trip to California and some semi-regular motorcycling routes.
I've figured out how to create maps and share them with people, ...
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How to update Google "My Maps" when Spreadsheet data changes?
In the process of building a Google My Maps map, I found that it's quite handy to import spreadsheets from your Google Drive to use it as a source for your map layers. As using spreadsheets is pretty ...
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How can I make the sidebar appear by default in a custom Google Maps?
I would like to have the sidebar shown by default in the new version of the custom Google Maps. Is there any way to achieve this?
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How do I report/change the $ rating of a restaurant on Google Maps?
This place is rated $$, but it should be $$$$. I tried to "Suggest an Edit", but the dollar rating wasn't available to change.
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Copying a Google "Maps" search field to an "Image" search field
Say I searched for my childhood's school on Google Maps:
After seeing the "Earth View" of it, I feel like searching for Images of this college, on Google Image search.
Is there a way to launch an ...
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Google My Maps: how to limit embedding?
I created a map using Google My Maps, and now I want to embed it in my website, but I want to control who else can embed it. How can I do so?
I have been reading up on the documentation, and haven't ...
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How does Google Maps see my hardware details (and decides to disable 3D view)?
Google Maps’ 3D view is not supported on my Laptop (Thinkpad X200).
How does Google Maps recognize/decide that my hardware through my browser is not “supported”?
How to circumvent this check?
I’m ...
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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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Mapping Google Calendar events
I would like to display a Google Map with all of my calendar events such that the user can see points on the map relating to the locations of different events. When they click on the point it should ...
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How to search for places along a route?
I often try to integrate some errands in trips while I'm underway. For instance, I might look for a specific kind of store that is reasonably close to where I pass by.
I am trying to find out how to ...
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Company not found on Google Maps
I have been trying to search our business place (Bonteheuwel Library, Bluegum Street, Bonteheuwel, Cape Town, Western Cape) on Google Maps, but to no avail. Is there some way that Google can sort out ...
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Is there a way to return to satellite birds-eye view with latest Google maps?
Using Google Maps with latest Chrome/Win10, two questions:
How do I get to overhead satellite photo views? Currently I just have 'Earth' and 'Map'.
How do I get to 'birds-eye' satellite photos views ...
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Why isn't Google Maps always detailing the routes it suggests?
Sometimes when using Google Maps, I get many details about the trip.
Sometimes, not at all.
Here's a screen grab showing Google Maps not displaying any details at all:
and here's an example of ...
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Google Maps Service Area Business - How many areas can I add?
I am adding our business to Google Maps, and since we're a web shop I am selecting that "I deliver goods and services to customers within this area:
Now, there are two options. One is to set a radius ...
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How to view my contribution points in Google Maps?
Because of this news that Google is now willing to give 1 TB of Google Drive storage to diligent Local Guides, I was encouraged to take photos of places near me, review edits, and make reviews of ...
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Show/Share own Google Maps Timeline to others
My smartphone logs all my visited places via GPS and Google Maps Timeline. This way I can review where I've been.
https://www.google.com/maps/timeline
Is there any way to grant access (or share) my ...
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Force Google Maps to display my location with correct zoom
Whenever I open Google Maps (by typing maps.google.com URL) in Opera, I always see map of Central Europe, not my location. How can I force GM to display my location?
The "Give Maps permission to use ...
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Additional details in address field of Google Contacts to be ignored by Google Maps
I need to have additional details in the address fields of my Google Contacts. These additional details interfere with Google Maps finding the address.
For instance: Street Street Name 24, etaj 2, ...
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How to display a date range on Google Maps timeline?
On the new Google Maps timeline I can only seem to select a single day or month or year.
https://www.google.com/maps/timeline
On the previous version, I could choose a date range.
Any ideas how to ...
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How do map applications calculate travel times?
What is the simulated speed used to calculate the travel time for each route?
Is it the speed limit for each road, simulated speed by actual time, or something else?
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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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How do you highlight all roads within a selected scale on Google Maps?
My grandparents will drive through back roads in rurality (hereafter call these BR), but my grandparents' ignorance of (the availability or location) of these BR precludes them from zooming in ...
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How to change work address in Google Maps, if "My Places" option is not available?
Google Maps shows an incorrect address for my work. I'd like to change it. Google Help tells me to use My Places option from main Google Maps menu, but I don't have such option on my PC:
Is it ...
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Syntax to see route planning between two points?
In most cases, to find out a distance or expected travel time between two points, I use Google Maps (using Chrome, desktop PC). To do so, the typical steps are:
Type a location (say 'Munich') into ...
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Why does Google Maps think traffic reduces trip time?
More than once, Google Maps has told me it will take me 31 minutes (for example) to get to my destination, but 34 minutes (for example) without traffic.
Has anyone else noticed this? Is this a known ...
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How to add a location label (like starring) to Google Maps (website), like in the 2015 updated Android app?
At some point in 2015 I believe Google Maps on Android added the ability to add a label to any location from the vertical ... menu when a location is selected. This label is saved in your account - ...
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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 override Google Map's shortest route feature when drag plotting a long scenic route?
Want to use Google Map to plot scenic trip route which is not the shortest distance between start and end destination. Google intercedes with its own route suggestions that are shorter, eventually ...
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What do the different representations for roads mean?
In Google Maps, different roads are drawn in different ways.
For example, in the following screenshot of Google Maps of an area, why are the drawings of roads in the black, red, green, and blue boxes ...
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Calculate distances between various places in Google Maps
I have the following problem: I have two lists of addresses X and Y, both as an excel table or csv file, and would like to use Google Maps to automatically calculate the distance between each possible ...
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The Google Maps layers button does not show as decribed by Google support at http://maps.google.com. How to display it?
I do not have the layers button at http://maps.google.com as described here https://support.google.com/mymaps/answer/3024933?hl=en
and the layers shown here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE-Al5mNu44
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Google maps waypoint coordinates for route
I'm rather new to the Google Maps API. If I get a route back from Google maps, is it possible to get the coordinates for every 2 km of the route? So if the route is 7 km, I want to know the ...
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How to find my saved locations in Google Maps?
I have lots of favorite locations (starred locations) in Google Maps. It's visible on the map as I scroll/drag to it. But isn't there a place where all the saved locations/coordinates are listed?
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How can I remove a location which is not a place from my Google Timeline?
I'm trying to make my location history more accurate.
In the old Location History I had a chance to click on specific coordinates and remove them. (I find it that my phone reports inaccurate ...
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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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Possible to add multiple markers to a map and share a link in Google Maps anonymously?
Say, I go to http://maps.google.com (which these days redirects to https://www.google.com/maps) in my web browser. I can use the Search, and when my address is found, a (red) marker is added on the ...
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How can I embed Photos from my Google Photos onto a Google Map?
I want to add some photos I took with my phone camera to a Google Map I am working on. There are 4 options when editing a marker for adding content.
Google Image Search
URL
Video Search
Youtube URL
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Pinch to zoom in Google Maps in Firefox affects webpage rather than the map [closed]
I use Google Maps in Firefox 39 on my Dell Vostro laptop with Windows 7. When I try to pinch to zoom (on the touchpad), the entire webpage zooms in and out instead of the map itself. In other words, ...
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Quick directions to/from home or starred place in Google Maps
I have two places starred in new Google Maps -- home and work. But, I have quite problems using them, when requesting directions or when searching for them in Start or To fields for directions:
When ...
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How can I save a Google Maps route offline?
Just what the title says.
I've been looking everywhere and all I can find is how to save a particular map view, but not a route between two points.
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How to show/share only one route on Google Maps?
I want to share a route between two places with some people, the plan being that we meet and follow this route together.
The new Google Maps has a (normally) nice feature that by default shows you ...