Important Feature Of Google Maps

Google map is the most popular navigation service widely used across the Globe, there are other navigation services also like waze, Apple map, Bing map and many more but Google map is the best of all.

Google maps provides a variety of features that you need to know for better navigation experience. 

Here, I will explain them step by step.

Offline Maps

Offline maps gives you navigational assistance even if you are not connected to any network, like in remote areas where cellular network is not available.

You can use this offline maps feature for accurate guidance.

For this, you have to download the selected area map on your device memory while in network.

Select menu on the top of Google maps and then select Offline Maps and then click on ‘Custom Maps’

Now you have to select the desired area to be downloaded for offline use.

This downloaded Offline Map expires after a certain time so you must enable

‘Auto-update offline maps’

Incognito Mode 

You must be familiar with Incognito Mode in Google Chrome Brouwer so now Google maps is also providing Incognito mode.

After enabling this mode Your navigation data, search history, followed routes will not be stored for personalised experience you will be totally out of grid.

You can turn on Incognito mode from the menu bar.

After you are done with incognito mode again you may turn it off.

Type Of Maps

This Function allows you to switch between different type of map formats available

Default View 

Satellite View

Terrain View

In satellite view all building structures, rivers, lakes, mountains will be visible in real view but it will not be a real time view.

Location Sharing

Now on Google Maps You can share your Real Time location with your gmail contacts, you can select contacts you want to share with, time duration for which your contacts will be able to track your real time location.

Also you can turn off location sharing any time in between.

Time selection for location sharing have number of options like for a ‘Specific time’ or ‘Until you turn this off’ 

Add Stop

Google Maps facilitate to add stop in between your source poin and the destination point. You can add upto nine stops throughout your route before starting navigation.

Here in the below picture, there is a brief instruction of how to add stops

We will keep you informed as soon as latest features arrives