Google® Power Tools Bible

Chapter 27. Finding Your Way with Google

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• Finding your location on Google Maps

• Locating and contacting businesses and services along your route

• Using Google Maps to get driving directions

• Avoiding traffic jams with the real-time traffic viewer

• Using GMaps

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Google has made its wonderful Google Maps and Keyhole Satellite data small enough to fit into your mobile phone or handheld device. You can get nearly the same functionality you would expect from your desktop or laptop computer right in your palm. Find locations, get directions, find businesses, and even see your friend’s car on the satellite image. Speaking of cars, you also can save yourself lots of time sitting in traffic by finding out ahead of time what the traffic looks like along your route.

Google Maps is currently available throughout much of North America and several countries in the European Union. Google is working hard to make this service available everywhere.

Using Google Mobile Maps

Google has created a mapping application for the Java program environment that runs on many mobile phones and wireless handheld devices. People have enjoyed using Google Maps on their desktop or laptop computers, and that same service is now available for the small displays typical of cell phones. As with most of Google’s services, this one also is free.

To begin using Google’s Mobile Maps, visit www.google.com/gmm from your mobile device’s Web browser. The Google Maps application begins installing ...