Samsung Galaxy the Complete Manual 14th Edition

The apps Maps

Maps

The ideal navigational companion for your

Samsung Galaxy device

Navigating

with maps

Google’s Maps app is

a mature and effi cient

navigational tool that takes

full advantage of your

Samsung Galaxy’s built-in

GPS system (Fig 1). With GPS,

you can plan a wide number

of routes that will not only

be graphically represented

within the app, but can also

be converted into turn-by-

turn instructions showing

you how to get there.

Find your feet

Maps is an easy-to-use

and effi cient app that

will routinely undertake a

number of location-related

tasks, such as devising routes from A to B and fi nding useful

and important locations in your area or further afi eld. To do this,

however, the app – and by extension your Samsung Galaxy device

• has to be able to know where you are in the world, which it does
  by utilising the GPS system that comes as part of your Galaxy device.
  When you buy the phone, this feature will be set to Off by default.
  Hence, you naturally have to turn it on to get the full use of Google’s
  Maps facilities.
  To get this particular function up and running, go to your home
  screen and tap the Menu button, followed by Settings. Scroll down
  to the Network Connections section, where you will notice the

Find places
Check out locations on a map
Plan routes
Calculate a route from start to finish
Get travel times
See how long it will take by foot, by car or by
public transport
See what’s nearby
Find the nearest specialist locations
Navigate
Obtain turn-by-turn directions
Store maps
Save your maps for use offline

You’ll use it to...

Fig 1 (right) It is easy to discover how to get
to a place using Google Maps

Fig 2 (above) Enable the options present in
the Location services settings to enhance
the accuracy of the results