172 Google Apps
Earth acquires the best imagery available, most of which is approximately one to three years old.
•Latitude. When you have joined Latitude, you can view your friends’ locations as a layer on the map. For information, see “Finding your friends with Google Latitude (available by country)” in this chapter.
•To select more layers such as transit lines or maps that you have created in Google Maps on the web, tap More layers.
•To clear layers and view only the street map, tap Clear map.
Searching for a location
1.While viewing a map, press SEARCH ( 
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2.Enter the place you want to search in the search box. You can enter an address, a city, or type of business or establishment (for example, museums in London).
Note As you enter information, a list of all the places which you have searched or visited before appears on the screen. You can also tap an address on the menu to show its location on the map.
