Still there for me, if you enter a search phrase where a map would be a likely desire ....

And just checked, - there even if NOT a likely desired answer.

geoff

Ahh yes. I see that on the left now - not the right as I've read elsewhere. Interestingly, there's lots of apps....except for maps in there.

Just click the "store" icon / app and enter "maps" for a search and choose the Google Maps app and it will be added to your app list.

This is a screen grab of chrome from my system with a pointer showing the apps icon on the right of the screen right next to sign-in.

Am i the only old-fashioned fuddy-duddy left who gets to such things by typing in http://maps.google.com/ in the address bar? Is typing in URLs a lost art these days?

When reviewing the httpd access logs for my web server, i'm astounded by the number of people who get to my websites by using google or bing or yahoo and typing www.kellychien.com (for example) into the search, then clicking the link the search engine returns rather than just typing www.kellychien.com into the web browser's address bar. Why do they do this?

My thoughts are:

1. Most modern browsers by default treat the URL address bar as just another method to search for something. The default search engine(s) are set in the options section of the browser. So, typing it there isn't necessarily going to send them straight to your website. I've attached a screen grab of the default settings in IE11 on my system. Note the checkbox for "search in address bar."

2. There are some risks in typing the URL directly. Bad guys out there have been known to register domain names that are slightly variations on well known domains, that can be easily "mistyped" and will send you to sites that aren't what you think they are.

In the case of your website, however your visitors find your site it's a good thing ;-)

Jim

Yep, just added the maps 'app'. Funny world though...takes 2 clicks to get to maps now, before the newer better way - just 1 click. Yes CW...you're proper old school. :-)

I still type in url's. I also call the "programs" because that's what they are. :)

I just use the apps folder as my homepage. There are a couple of ways to do it, but the following is one way:

1. Click on the Apps icon (so that you are viewing the apps page)
2. Click on the "Customize Chrome" icon (three horizontal lines, upper right corner)
3. Click Settings
4. Under "On Startup" check the option titled "Open a specific page of set of pages"
5. Click "Set Pages" at the end of the previous option
6. Click the "chrome://apps" page that is listed
7. Click OK
8. Now your Apps folder is your homepage...

Of course, you could also just add a bookmark to your bookmark bar ;-)

Jim

Don't use Chrome very much.

For the webpages I frequent often .. rather than set a bookmark (which I will have as a 'backup') .. I start typing the url [not in the search bar ... I have a friend who does just that ... (sigh) ] .. and I get a list of url's that I've visited lately that match that (or those few) letter(s) .. and just scroll down and select that url.

For instance I have two websites I frequent that start with the letter 'a' ... one is Amazon.com. I type 'a' and right away below it see those two websites. I choose which one I want ... easy.

The new Google maps satellite view, when zoomed in, no longer shows a compass rose in the upper left corner. In the older maps satellite view, when zoomed in, and when there was an "airplane view" available (i.e., the photo was actually taken from an airplane, not a satellite), you could rotate the view in 90-degree increments so you could "look behind" a building. This was great because the airplane photos are actually taken in such a way that you are not looking straight down, with no perspective, as you are with the actual satellite photos.

I spent ten minutes with the new maps UI looking for this lost feature, and tried Google searching, but it seems to have disappeared, and no one knows where it went.

The new Google maps satellite view, when zoomed in, no longer shows a compass rose in the upper left corner.

Yeah, bummer . . . Try this John, and send in your feedback:-



Grazie

Is this the compass pointer you are talking about? I can rotate the "earth" in 90 degrees increments using it...

Yes, that's it! I've tried on several computers, each using a different browser.

Do you have any idea what magic incantations I have to utter to make that appear?

Hmmm. I only see it using Chrome...

Ah, I entered Google maps via a search and landed on a "try new Google maps" page. When I clicked on that, it informed me that I am running in "lite" mode. It then listed the system requirements for getting all the features. I need at least Windows 7 and either Firefox or Chrome. I have each of these things, but not all together on one computer. Actually, I do have a Windows 7 boot disk for my main computer which I hardly ever use, and it has Firefox installed. I'll try to remember booting to that drive and see what happens.

Thanks for the help!

I just type (Chrome) "map " the the address. Seems pointless typing the whole thing ...

geoff

Lot's of interesting ways to skin a cat, all of which I know. But nothing beats one click on an icon that staring at you. Any advances on one click? :-)

Bookmark Google Maps on your Bookmark Bar. Use Customize Google Crhome / Bookmarks / Show Bookmark Bar to see the bookmarks -- if you can't already see 'em...

Finally got around to testing the system requirements for Google maps. Sure enough, when I booted to Win7 and used the latest version of Firefox, I was able to rotate the maps, just like I was doing prior to their update to the new interface. When I re-booted to WinXP, even with the same (latest) version of Firefox, the Google Maps site forced my browser into what they call the "lite" version of Google Maps.

So, to use the new version in 3D mode, you need the latest Firefox or Chrome, and Win7.

How does it know what you are looking for ?!

geoff

How many bookmarks can you get on your bookmarks bar? The first 8 only on mine. What would be nice would be to be able to choose which tiles to show on the Chrome 'new tab' instead of just 8 which are chosen by most recent visits. A little bit more personal control.

When you click on "bookmarks" you'll see all of the bookmarks viewable on the bookmark bar. I don't think there's a limit. I have 16 showing on mine. I do have many more bookmarks, but I have created a folder titled "others" to hold the other bookmarks. I then have the remaining bookmarks (at least 100) sorted into additional folders.

You can also right-click the bookmarks bar and select "Bookmark Manager" to get a full featured bookmarks organizer. Only the bookmarks and/or folders that are listed in the root are displayed on the bookmarks bar.