With more than 1 billion people using the app every month to navigate their surroundings, Google Maps is one of the most popular smartphone apps out there. Most of that Google Maps use happens on ...

If you've ever wondered what the elevation of your location is, you can find out with Google Maps on both desktop and mobile.

iOS/Android: You probably know you can pinch to zoom in and out on Google Maps, but there's another, less intuitive shortcut that's more suited for one hand use. All you need to do is double tap on ...

A simple edit to the URL for a Google Map can get you a closer look than what Google allows via its zoom-in button. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming ...

Google expert Philipp Lenssen details how to manipulate Google Maps URLs to zoom in close enough to see an individual camel in the middle of Africa. The technique doesn't work in all locations, but ...

Google Maps Zoom – Google has increased the levels of zoom in Google Maps so you can zoom in further on high resolutions areas. You can still go further with Google Earth, but the level of zoom in ...

Both the Google Maps website and app have a "Current Location" button that lets you find exactly where you are.

Over the past few months, there have been random complaints from Google Maps users about the live traffic data. In short, people are saying that when they zoom into see more detail on the red colored ...

Google Maps is both amazing and a little terrifying at times. Starting from your own front porch, close enough to read the numbers on the letterbox, you can then zoom right out to see your ...

Curiosity has now been roving Mars for two (Earth) years, and Google is celebrating with the release of new maps of the moon and Mars. To get there, head anywhere on Earth in Google Maps, zoom all the ...

As we have explained in the past, Google Earth has several ‘background imagery’ data sets that it uses when there is no good quality high resolution satellite imagery available. In Africa there are ...