About Google Maps

Google Maps is Google’s online map service and affords users a quick orientation and a precise navigation.

Google Maps leads users quickly to their destination, no matter if their destinations are addresses, restaurants or cash points. Hence Google Maps is the free alternative to route guidance systems and enables especially en route a quick survey of the surroundings.

Google Maps - features:

• Use Google Maps for your orientation: online map service Google Maps tells you your position, with just one click. The app localizes you precisely by using your smartphone’s GPS or mobile network. So you cannot only find out your current position but also restaurants, museums or shops around you. Furthermore Google Maps can navigate you to different locations near you.
• Google Maps: the free route guidance system: You can easily use Google Maps as a route guidance system. Just type the destination address, the favored restaurant or famous sights: Google Maps evaluates the quickest route and leads you safely to your destination. In addition to that, you can also say if you want to walk the route, if you want to take the car or if you want to cycle the route. Google Maps needs only a steady internet connection for navigation.
• Still in Beta-version: Travelling by using public transport: Google Maps allocates in many beta versions already information about the public transport of many different cities. By dint of this Google Maps searches the quickest route even if you want to travel with public transports.
• That’s new: offline navigation. With the new offline navigation, Google Maps navigates you to your target even when you’re offline. Hence the chosen map is even offline available. This feature can be very helpful especially abroad.

Conclusion: Google Maps offers you a large online map range which not only navigates you safely to your destination but also gives you helpful information about restaurants or shops in your surroundings.