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On your iPhone or iPad, you can get real-time traffic information in the Today view without opening the Google Maps app. When you add the Google Traffic widget, you'll see: • Traffic information and delays in your area • Crashes,construction, or road closures nearby Get traffic information in the Today view This feature is available on your iPhoneor iPad on iOS11 and above. • On the lock screen of your iPhone or iPad, swipe left to right until you see a list of widgets. • Scroll to the bottom and tap Edit. • Tap Add "Google Traffic" . • Tap Done. You should see nearby traffic information in the Today view.

To center the map where you are, you must give Maps permission to find your location. On macOS, you may need to turn on Location Services for your browser before you cangrant Mapspermission in your browser: • On your computer, open System Preferences Security & Privacy Preferences Privacy Location Services. • To allow for changes, at the bottom left, click the lock. • Next to "Enable Location Services,"check the box. • Next to your browser, check the box. • Give Maps location permission in your browser. • On your computer, open Chrome and go to • At the bottom right, click My location . • If you're asked to share your location, choose Allow. • If the blue dot appears and shows your location, then Maps already has location permission in your browser. • If there’s a message that says "Google Maps does not have permission to use your location," continue to the next steps. • To the left of the web address, click Lock . • Click Site settings. • To the right of "Location," choose Allow. • Reload the Google Maps page and clickMy location again. • On your computer, open Firefox and go to • At the bottom right, click My location . • When asked to share your location, choose Allow or Allowlocation access. • You might find "Show your location" instead. • If the blue dot appears and shows your location, then Maps already has location permission in your browser. • If there’s a message that says "Google Maps does not have permission to use your location," continue to the next steps....

This is Part Three of our four-part series on building real-time maps with geolocation tracking for web and mobile web using the JavaScript Google Maps API and PubNub. What is Geolocation Tracking? In this tutorial, we’ll live-update our JavaScript map markers we built in Tutorial Overview The If you haven’t already, you first need to take care of a couple of prerequisites we covered in Now that we have all of the relevant configuration settings and we have our map markers, let’s get started with collecting and publishing location data for our web or mobile web map. Code Walkthrough We’ve got our DIV for the application, and the DIV to hold that map already set up from our previous tutorial. So now it’s time to use the HTML5 location API for updating our location in real time. HTML5 Location API Let’s take it one step at a time. First we set up an initial latitude and longitude in the general vicinity of San Francisco. Then, we create functions for getting device location using the HTML5 location API and updating the browser location variables. We set an interval timer for periodically obtaining the device location. For convenience, we create return a JavaScript object containing those values as latitude and longitude. window.lat = 37.7850; window.lng = -122.4383; function getLocation() , 5000); Last but not least, we initialize the Google Maps API at the very end to ensure the DOM elements and JavaScript prerequisites are satisfied. Next Steps We’re 75% of the way fini...

With all that functionality, you might think Google Maps Live View is tricky to use. Thankfully, though, it's super easy, and we're here to show you how. When using Live View out and about, remember to stay aware of what’s going on in the real world, especially when other people and roads are around.With that out of the way, here's how to use Google Maps Live View. (Image: © Google Maps) Aim the phone camera at features such as street signs and businesses.You'll be given pointers for the direction you need to walk in. When you approach your destination, you'll see the red marker. There you go, it’s just like having Google Glass on your phone right? And now you’ll never be late for anything ever again. Andy is Tom’s Guide’s Trainee Writer, which means that he currently writes about pretty much everything we cover. He has previously worked in copywriting and content writing both freelance and for a leading business magazine. His interests include gaming, music and sports- particularly Formula One, football and badminton. Andy’s degree is in Creative Writing and he enjoys writing his own screenplays and submitting them to competitions in an attempt to justify three years of studying.

My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about absolutely anything if I can connect it to technology (I can). I’ve been at PCMag since 2011 and have covered the surveillance state, vaccination cards, ghost guns, voting, ISIS, art, fashion, film, design, gender bias, and more. You might have seen me on TV talking about these topics or heard me on your commute home on the radio or a podcast. Or maybe you’ve just seen Navigating with indoor Live View (Credit: Google) Some places even support Live view inside: (Opens in a new window) and animated arrows to direct you in malls in Chicago, Long Island, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, San Jose, and Seattle; and in airports, malls, and transit stations in Tokyo and Zurich. It will soon be available in 1,000 new airports, train stations, and malls in Barcelona, Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Melbourne, Paris, Prague, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, and Taipei. To use the feature, open Maps and click on the camera icon. 3. Plot Multiple Locations on Google Maps (Credit: Google/PCMag) Rarely do car trips consist of going from point A to B; more often, they are something like A-to-café-to-library-to-Joe's-house-to-B. Thankfully, Google makes it possible to anticipate realtrips. To add multiple destinations in the Google Maps mobile app, enter your starting point and your ultimate destination, and then click the three-dot menu in the top-right corner. This prompts a pop-over menu with the option to "Add sto...