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Latitude
: View your friend's locations and share your location with
them.
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Location history
: Lets you track and display your previous locations.
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My Places
: Synchronize your starred map items with Google maps.
• Search Maps
: Search for a place of interest.
•Layers
: Switch map views:
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Traffic
: (available only in selected areas) Real-time traffic conditions are
displayed over roads as color-coded lines. Each color represents how
fast the traffic is moving.
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Satellite
: Maps uses the same satellite data as Google Earth. Satellite
images are not real-time. Google Earth acquires the best imagery
available, most of which is approximately one to three years old.
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Terrain
: combines a topographical view of the area’s terrain with the
current map location.
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Transit Lines
: displays the overlapping transit lines on your map.
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Latitude
: Enable / disable the Latitude app.
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My Maps
: displays a list of your preferred maps.
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Bicycling
: displays the overlapping cycling trails on your map.
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Wikipedia
: displays any Wikipedia markers and info on your map.
•My location
: Rotate the map 90 degrees and indicate your location
with a flashing arrow.
3. While viewing a map, touch
Menu
for these options:
•Search
: Enter text criteria to find locations or points of interest.
•Directions
: Get driving, public transport, or walking directions.
•Clear Map
: Reset the map after searching or following directions.
•More
: Access the same options as touching .
• Settings
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Switch Account
: Select another Google account. (Requires that more
than one Google account be set-up on your phone.)
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Cache Settings
: provides the ability to setup maps that are cached
into the phone’s memory (while not on a Wi-Fi connection) or to clear
the cache of map titles.
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Location Settings
: Select values for Location reporting and sharing
(through the Latitude app) settings.
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Labs
: a testing ground for experimental features that are not ready to
use publicly.
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Terms, Privacy & Notices
: displays the Terms and Conditions,
Privacy Policy, or Legal Notices information. Select the desired
information from the pop-up menu.
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About
: displays general information about Google maps such as
Version, Platform, Locale, Total data sent, Total data received, Free
memory, etc.
•Help
: Access online Google Maps help.
