November 2013
Beginner to intermediate
950 pages
34h 26m
English
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Maps
Windows never had a built-in Maps app before Windows 8. But now that Windows is a tablet operating system, it’s more or less a must-have. And in Windows 8.1, it’s had a huge update.
Maps (which is powered by Bing, which is powered by Nokia Maps, which is powered by NAVTEQ) lets you type in any address or point of interest in the United States or many other countries and see it plotted on a map, with turn-by-turn driving directions, just like a $300 windshield GPS unit. It also gives you a live national Yellow Pages business directory and real-time traffic-jam alerts, if you have an Internet connection. You have a choice of a street-map diagram or actual aerial photos, taken by satellite.
Meet Maps
When you open the Maps app, you see—a map.
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You also see a question: Maps asks you if it’s allowed to use your current location, so that it can show you where you are on the map. The only reason to choose Block is if you think it’s creepy that Maps, and by extension Microsoft, knows where you are.
If Maps has an Internet connection and can figure out where you are, it displays a diamond to represent your current location. You can scroll in any direction. You can also zoom in or out, using any of the usual techniques (two-finger pinch or spread; turn the mouse’s scroll wheel while pressing Ctrl). You can also double-tap or double-click to zoom into a particular spot.
At any time, you can open the App bar to open a panel of options. You’ll be needing the App bar to make Maps perform its ...
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