Saving favorite locations: Both Google Maps and Google My Maps offer you the ability to save locations. Although you can add your own personal note to your map in Google My Maps, you will still be missing all the reviews that are available in Google Maps. Google My Maps has very minimal information so it will sometimes feel redundant to mark a place on Google My Maps since you might’ve originally found it on Google Maps. Viewing points of interest (POIs) like restaurants & hotels: being able to access information about POIs is only available if you have data or WiFi. Unfortunately Google My Maps does not offer a way to view your map offline so depending on where you are going, this will be the most important difference between the two. You still need to be safe about the rides you take, but knowing where you are helps enormously when you get lost. This didn’t stop them from trying to rip us off (that’s an entirely different problem) but it did make us feel better that we knew where we were along the route. This way we were able to check if we were going in the generally correct direction. Some country’s taxi drivers are famous for giving you the expensive very-long-winded ride to your hotel. For our world trip we used this feature mostly when we traveled to a new country and had to take a taxi from the airport to our accommodation. And because your GPS is independent of the map data, you can still see where you are on the map.
If you know what we are talking about, skip the video below.Īvailable offline: This means that even if you have no data, you can still view the map. Say whaaaa?! If you are unfamiliar with how to save a location, watch the 30 sec video below. All kidding aside, we also use Google Maps to check reviews (sometimes cross-referencing with other apps) ‘cause who wants sucky food or service? not us!Īnd, we also save our favorite locations, in Google maps.
Most of us always check traffic, if only to figure out how many podcasts to download. At least here in LA, where we live, leaving the house without checking traffic data is like gambling all your money on red. The power of Google maps is probably directions and traffic info. Confused? no worries, we’ll explain it all step by step and more importantly, we’ll show you why you Google My Maps is so powerful! Let’s dive in Good ol’ Google Maps In this post we’ll talk about both Google Maps and Google My Maps, another google product that you can use in Google Maps. Did we mention it’s free? yes, we like good, free stuff, what’s not to like? As you know we use, and recommend, a lot of the Google suite of products.
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