Maps Menu

1.From the Home screen, touch Maps.

2.While viewing a map, touch Menu for these options:

Starred Places: Display starred locations.

Join Latitude/Latitude: Join Latitude, to share your location with friends you choose and Google.

Clear Map: Remove search results from the map.

Labs: Access experimental features.

Switch Account: Choose a different Google account.

Cache Settings: Enable or disable Prefetch on mobile or Clear map tile cache.

Help: Learn about Google maps.

Terms, Privacy & Notices: View information about Google Maps, including the Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy, Legal Notices, and Web History.

About: View information about Maps.

Other Map Options

Touch the indicated icon to use these additional Map options:

Search Maps: Use the keypad to enter your request to Search the map for a city, location, and so on. Suggestions are displayed as you type.

Speak: Just speak a city, location, and so on, to display.

Compass: Set the map to always display north at the top of the screen or to automatically rotate like a compass, keeping north on the map facing north, and so on. Your device may have to be calibrated the first time you use this feature. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Places: Launch the Places app. For more information, refer to “Places” on page 71.

Directions: Displays the Directions pop-up. Enter Start point and End point or touch the button to the right of the fields to choose your current location, a contact’s location, or to touch a point on the map. Touch the automobile, bus, bicycle, or walking icon for the appropriate directions. Then touch Go to display a list of directions. Touch the Directions list and scroll up or down. Touch an entry in the Directions list to show the point mentioned on the map.

Layers: Enable or disable a map layer to display. Choose from Traffic, Satellite, Terrain, Buzz, or Latitude. Touch More Layers to choose from My Maps, Bicycling, Wikipedia, or Transit Lines.

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Samsung 8.9 user manual Maps Menu, Help Learn about Google maps, About View information about Maps, Other Map Options