Google Maps tricks there are many. It is a tool that not only allows us to locate ourselves but also has added functionalities. For example, to see the interior of a street, to know what certain areas looked like in the past or to obtain more details about a place or monument. The latter is ideal for planning trips..
Index
Go on sales without “dying trying”
How to find nearby pharmacies, ATMs or supermarkets
Add stops on your route
Know where you have parked your car
Download zones and consult them offline
Save places and create lists
Share your location in real time
The Android app goes beyond mere plans and is full of tricks that allow you to get the most out of it. Today we collect some of the most useful and tell you how to start them.
Go on sale without "dying trying"
Google Maps includes information in real time that informs about the influx of public in a certain establishment, be it a store, a bar, etc.
The figures are updated on the fly and allow us to find what we are looking for without having to deal with hordes of people. Likewise, the information offered by the establishment is quite extensive: schedules, specific services... in short, everything we need to know about a specific place..
To use it we just have to click on the establishment and scroll down on the 'Summary' tab until we reach the graph.
How to find nearby pharmacies, ATMs or supermarkets
Google Maps is very useful for locating essential establishments both in your city and when you are travelling. Just below the search bar you have different options of places where you can click (restaurants, shopping, supermarkets, clothes, hotels, etc). Just tap and Google Maps will show you where to go.
Add stops on your route
Another interesting option of the platform is to add several destinations on the same route , something ideal for frequent drivers of services such as BlaBlaCar and Amovens. You have the possibility of including up to nine different ones and you can rearrange them on the fly, depending on traffic and other traffic parameters.
Start by entering the destination in the boxes enabled for this purpose and, immediately afterwards, click on the three points that are on the right, in the upper corner. Secondly, “add stop” appears , which, when included, will be shown as point B and so on until reaching the letter jot.
Know where you have parked the car
Directly from Google Maps we can remember where we have parked the car. To activate it, we must enter the app and click on the blue dot that shows our location on the map. Doing so will open a dropdown with nearby sites, share location and another that says "save parking"..
Once saved we will see that a “ you have parked here ” has been incorporated into the map. We can also share it, include parking notes, the remaining time we have left if we have done it in a regulated parking area and add photographs.
Download zones and check them offline
Another possibility offered by the application is to download certain areas or maps to use them later without spending data . This is very useful if, for example, we have exhausted our rate or travel abroad. To do so, go to the menu where your profile picture appears and then to 'Offline Maps'. Then 'Select your own map' and choose the area whose map you want to save.
Save sites and create lists
This is one of the most useful Google Maps tricks out there, especially for trip planning. To create a list of places in Google Maps we must do the following: when we have the place selected, choose 'Save'. Next, we select an already created list or make it from scratch. That easy.
Share your location in real time
Sharing our location in real time on Maps is very simple. We just have to click on our profile picture, select ' Share location ' and then the app we want to send it to, such as WhatsApp, for example.