Hi everyone, Kevin here. Today we are going to look at the best Google
Maps, tips and tricks. To jump around this video, feel free to use
the time stamps down below. All right let's check these out. At #1, you can zoom in and out just by using
one finger. Typically to zoom in and out, you need two
fingers, and you can either pinch or expand, but you can also just double tap with one
finger and then slide your finger up or down to zoom in and out. At #2. You can have Google Maps remember your parking
location. I always seem to forget where I park my car,
but now I'll always know where my car is. Unless of course I park in Oklahoma City. Within Google Maps, simply tap on the blue
dot that indicates where you currently are, and then you can save your parking location. On the map, you'll now see a pin that shows
you where your car is. Once you return, you can click on that pin
and you can clear it out. If you would rather have Google Maps remember
automatically where your car is, click on your profile picture. Then go to settings, navigation and here you
can toggle it on so Google Maps remembers your parking location. At #3, you can see where you've been using
location history. Now to be fair, this one is a little bit creepy,
but also really cool. To be able to use this, you have to make sure
to turn on location tracking. Click on the hamburger menu and then select
your timeline. Here I see a map of the world with red dots
indicating all of the different places I've been. Let's say I want to revisit my trip to Orlando,
FL. Here I'll click on the dot in Orlando. And here I can see that I flew to Orlando
through Dallas and down below I see day by day that I was on this trip so I can click
through and see every single thing that I did. If I move to the 9th, here I can see that
I went on a trip to the Kennedy Space Center. And what's really neat is it also overlays
your photos on your map data. So here I can see a photo of myself in front
of the NASA sign and here if I go down I could also see the Space Shuttle Atlantis. It's pretty much like an automated diary of
your life. At #4, you can time travel using something
called Street View history. To access Street View, you click on the little
yellow person icon in the bottom right-hand corner and then all of the different roads
will highlight in blue indicating where Street View is available. And it's truly mind boggling how many different
roads Google has covered. Here when I zoom out, you start to get a sense
for the massive scope of their coverage. And it's not just roads that they've covered. They've even covered some waterways as well. To use Street View, I simply select the person
icon in the bottom right, and then I can drag it onto one of the blue streets and this will
show me the most current picture of this location. In the top left-hand corner, I can see the
date of the photo, but if I click on that, I can also go back in time and access past
photos. So here you see that in this current photo
there are some large condo buildings at this intersection. But now if I go back in time just a few years
ago, these were all parking lots. It really shows you the massive construction
growth going on in the City of Seattle right now. At #5, you can interact with Google Maps simply
by using your voice. The easiest way to do that is to simply click
on the microphone icon when you're navigating, but an even easier way to do that is to click
on your profile picture. Then click on settings. Then click on navigation and set it so you
simply say OK Google and then you can ask your question. So here I am navigating, and I can say OK
Google show me all gas stations along my route. Here now I see all of the gas stations and
the associated price. If I don't care about price, I could also
say OK Google, route me to the nearest gas station and there it is. At #6, and this is a quick one, you can change
your vehicle icon. Simply tap on the arrow icon and then you
can choose a different vehicle. At #7, you can create custom labels to make
it easier to get back to the places that you care about. I always use my phone to navigate to my dentist,
but I never remember what the address is, so here I can simply type in the address and
then I can add a label for this, and here I'll type in Dentist. Now in the future when I'm navigating, all
I need to do is type in dentist and Google Maps will know exactly where that is. At #8, you can also save a location. I'm currently pulling together a plan for
a business trip at the Kevin Cookie Company and I've always wanted to visit Hershey's
Chocolate World in Pennsylvania. This will be a great opportunity to try to
get some of their trade secrets... inspiration for the Kevin Cookie Company. Here I'll click on save. Now I can go up to the hamburger menu, click
on your places, and when I click into this list, here I see my saved item. I can even share this list with others so
we can collaborate on pulling together the plan for this trip. At #9 you can download offline maps. This way, if let's say you don't have Internet,
or maybe you want to save on bandwidth, you can use offline maps. Simply click on your profile picture, then
click on offline maps. You can now create your own map and here you
can highlight the area that you want to make available offline. The larger the area, the more space the map
will take and the smaller the area, the less space the map will take. Then simply click on download when you're
ready to get your offline map. At #10, you can also measure distance and
area. Here we are at Mount Saint Helens, the site
of the deadliest US volcano. Here I am at Johnston Ridge Observatory. Here I can right click and then select measure
distance. Next, I will click into the crater, and it
looks like the observatory is about 5 miles away from the crator. So if there were another eruption and you
were at the observatory, with eruption moving at 300 miles per hour, you would have about
one minute to find your way to safety. Good luck. You can also calculate area. Here we are at Michigan Stadium. This is the largest US football stadium with
over 110,000 seats. Let's say I want to know how much grass seed
do I need to buy to cover the entire field. Here I'll go to the corner of the field and
then once again select measure distance. Then I can click in each corner of the field
and once I connect all of the points, I can now see the area. And it looks like 6,300 square meters. That's a lot of grass seed. At #11, you can share your real time location
with others. Simply tap on your blue dot and then click
on share location. You can then define how long you want to share
your location for, and then who you want to share it with. The other person will then be able to see
your real time location on a map. At #12, you can configure various route options
like avoiding highways, ferries and also tolls. To access this, click on your profile picture,
then select settings, navigation and here you have various route options that you can
adjust. At #13, Google Maps isn't just for the outside
world. You can also see inside certain select buildings. Here I am at Bellevue Square mall. And when I zoom in enough, I can see where
each retailer is within the mall. In the bottom right-hand corner, I could even
switch between the different floors within the building. At #14, and this one is not entirely obvious
on mobile. You can add multiple stops. Here for instance, I have two stops that are
already entered. I can click on the ellipsis, and I can now
add another stop. Once I add this stop, I can press and hold
to reorder them. At #15, Google Maps can ensure that you are
always on time. I want to visit the original Girardelli Ice
Cream and Chocolate Shop and they open right at 11:00 AM and that's also right when I want
to arrive. Instead of departing right now, if I scroll
all the way to the bottom, there's the option to remind me. I can have it remind me to depart at a certain
time, or I could set it to arrive by a certain time. I'm going to select arrive by and then set
it to 11:00 AM. This will now give me a reminder that factors
in traffic when I need to leave. And at #16, I can modify my route simply by
dragging and dropping. Here for instance, I have my route already
set up. Here, I'll drag it over and this now modifies
my route to go through that point that I selected. I did if I want to undo this, I can simply
double click on that point, and it'll go back to the original version. At #17, you can use Google Maps to help you
navigate public transportation. When you select a start point and an end point
instead of leaving it set to the vehicle, switch it to the public transit icon. And this will show you what trains or buses
or subways you need to take to get to your destination. This has saved me so many times in so many
different cities. At #18 you can view what traffic looks like
at different parts of the day. In the bottom left-hand corner, I'm going
to change the layer to the traffic layer and here I see traffic right now, but I can also
change this so I can see traffic at any point during the day. So if I want to know what does traffic typically
look like on say, Tuesday mornings, I can see which routes get the most congested. At #19, you can use Google Maps to very quickly
evaluate pricing for different vacation destinations. Simply select your start point and then select
a destination and click on the flight icon. You can now move your destination to different
locations on the map and it'll update to show what the pricing looks like. So here I could look at a few different destinations
and I don't know, maybe a vacation in Hawaii looks really nice. This brings us to #20, our very last tip of
the day. I've always wondered what is at Area 51? Here I am over the base in Nevada. Has Street View been able to penetrate the
base. Here I'll click on the Street View icon and
pull it over the base. And look at that, it shows a UFO. I knew it. We are not alone. All right, let me know down below in the comments,
are there any other tips that you would recommend? To watch more videos like this one, please
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