Remember when you didn’t use Google Maps a handful of times a day? It’s a little hazy, isn’t it? Unless you find yourself phone-less and lost in the winding streets of an off-the-beaten-track medieval European town, when was the last time you asked for directions? Probably not since 2005, when Google Maps appeared on the scene.

From planning mega road trips across the country to locating an itty bitty local bakery, Google Maps has revolutionized the way in which we travel near and far. Across the ocean, desert and the street to your neighbor’s house, whatever your point A to point B is, the sheer breadth and depth of the app is vast. Spoiler alert: It’s only becoming more sophisticated. Read more…

Whether you’re heading to Morocco or Montana, everybody needs some help to fully enjoy themselves when traveling. Or, if you’re traveling for work, tools like Google Maps might be just the thing that finds a new route and gets you to that important business meeting on time.

So, here are 20 useful tools you could use to plan your trip. Read more…

Social media offers a great market for most business persons since it is an attraction for millions of people. The existing social media platforms offer the available retailers an opportunity to make high profits from their business. However, that will become possible by understanding the clients and their needs. The following location based social media monitoring tools will be helpful.

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Do you remember the time when maps were crafted by hand? Of course not; you live in the era when technology makes everything easier. There are different online tools that make mapping much easier than it used to be. You can use them to create hiking and bicycling maps, nautical and aeronautical charts, navigational and instructional maps, and any other type of space presentation you need.

The best part about the list you’re about to read is that all tools are completely free, or at least they enable you to try a trial version. Some of them are really easy to use, while others require some practice and adaptation. Check them out and decide which one you are going to use. Read more…

Online users now get to easily search for specific places like hotels, restaurants, venues, etc. as many websites now have map support. Among content management system platforms, there are now various geolocation-based themes available. But before you can have this in your site, you need to use tools like the Google Map Builder. To have this feature, they make use of Google Map. This is considered to be a highly powerful map services on the web today.

Using the default sign might appear dull. But if you want to complement the look and appearance of your maps with your site, you have to customize these maps. If you want to customize maps, you can follow these easy to do tips using Google Map Builder. Read more…

In today’s world none of us can possibly live without apps, as they are not frivolous but go a long way in making our lives easier and systematic. Obviously it is not advisable to use your smartphone while driving; however you may need some help while driving around a new location or even help planning your travel or vacations.

We have narrowed down the top 15 Android and iOS apps that can be a huge help for people looking for directions, maintaining travel stats, coordinating travel plans, locating their car, checking out their driving skills or planning their travel. Read more…

Thanks Google Maps for being one of the pioneers in the development of web-based mapping. It makes us realize the importance of online maps in our daily lives such as getting right direction to the destination, jogging, bike riding and travelling. With the advancement of the smartphone and tablet computers, finding location of destination becomes easier through GPS navigation and mapping apps.

In today’s post, instead of teaching you tricks to effectively use Google Maps, we chose to introduce you 9 free tools that’ll help you to become an expert map-maker! With these web apps, you can easily plan a map for travelling, generate company location map or explain a route to someone. I hope you’ll find them helpful. Read more…

Offline maps can be very helpful when you are abroad or out of network. If you are looking for the best way to download Google Maps data to your mobile devices, look no further as we have solution for you. In today’s post, we’ll show you some easy ways to save Google Maps data to your smartphone or tablet device so that you can browse saved areas by using My Location and compass mode, even when you’re not Internet connected.

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Nowadays most of the smart phones are come with in-built GPS navigation feature. This somewhat makes the standalone GPS devices unnecessary. If you own an iPhone or iPad, its default map (Google Maps or iOS 6’s Maps) is not the only option as there are a huge number of GPS navigation apps available on AppStore. So, which is the most powerful and reliable GPS navigation app? Well if you are having the difficulty of choosing the right app, here’s a list of our recommended GPS navigation and mapping apps, both free and paid, for your Apple devices. Unless you want specialist gps for surveying, We hope these apps will help you get back on track once you’ve lost your way.

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Are you curious about where your Facebook friends are located around the world especially for those you know them virtually? With the increasing popularity of Facebook, many map services and applications are specifically created for Facebook users to see their friends on the world map. These services are very easy to use. Once you log in with your Facebook account, all your friends will be visually located on the map which gives you some ideas on how are they distributed around the world. So if you are travelling, you can use the services to check out if anyone you know is located nearby.

Below are 6 popular map services available on the web, just give them a try and have fun! Read more…