Samsung SGH-T769NKBTMB - Manual (Page 167)

Applications and Development 163
Opening Maps
1. From the Home screen, tap (Applications) ➔
(Maps).
2. Locate the top row of the applications to access additional
options:
• Search Maps: allows you to search for a place of interest.
• Layers: allows you to switch map views:
– Traffic: (available only in selected areas) Real-time traffic conditions are
displayed over roads as color-coded lines. Each color represents how
fast the traffic is moving.
– Satellite: Maps uses the same satellite data as Google Earth. Satellite
images are not real-time. Google Earth acquires the best imagery
available, most of which is approximately one to three years old.
– Terrain: combines a topographical view of the area’s terrain with the
current map location.
– Transit Lines: displays the overlapping transit lines on your map.
– Latitude: allows you to see your friend's locations and share your
location with them.
– My Maps: displays a list of your preferred maps.
– Bicycling: displays the overlapping cycling trails on your map.
– Wikipedia: displays any Wikipedia markers and info on your map.
• My Location: when touched, the location displays on the map with
a blinking blue dot.
3. Press and select one of the following options:
• Search: allows you to search for a place of interest.
• Directions: displays navigation directions to a location from a
starting point.
• Clear Map: after viewing or following directions, this option resets
the map.
• More: provides access to additional features such as: Map, Places,
Navigation, Latitude, Location history, and My Places.
• Settings: allows you to select the following additional options:
– Cache Settings: allows you to set options to pre-fetch map tiles when
not using Wi-Fi and to clear the cache that holds the map tiles.
– Location reporting: allows you to configure the location reporting
parameters.
– Labs: this is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t ready
for primetime. They may change, break or disappear at any time. Click
on a Lab to enable or disable it.
– Terms, Privacy & Notices: displays the Terms and Conditions, Privacy
Policy, o r Legal Notices information. Select the desired information from
the pop-up menu.
– About: displays general information about Google maps such as
Version, Platform, Locale, Total data sent, Total data received, Free
memory, etc.
• Help: displays the Google Mobile Help web page where you can
receive help on Google Maps.