Google Maps makes navigating unfamiliar cities frustration-free and straightforward. It has an innovative feature that you’re probably not taking full advantage of: Street View. Sure it’s ...

Instant Street View brings you an in-the-street close-up look at locations all over the globe. It uses Google Maps' technology to not only show you where the location is on a map but also what it ...

When looking at a location, you can do a lot more than just look at Street View. Google Maps gives multiple different views based on your needs, including a traffic view, transit view, biking view ...

A cool free tool creates a heat map of your Google Maps movement data in no time at all. You can immediately see where you spend most of your time and where you rarely go.

First introduced in late 2007 as a tool for Google Maps for mobile, My Location offered directions by triangulating your position based on surrounding cell towers.

Quick! Where were you last Tuesday at 6:35 PM? If you’re anything like me, your answer is probably along the lines of “I… have absolutely no idea.” Most ...

Depending on how long Google’s been tracking your location, creating your heat map might take a long time (or a short one). The site suggests you grab a cup of tea while you wait.

Tap or swipe upward on the “Parking location” bar at the bottom of the Maps interface; Tap the “Enter notes” line to store info like a spot number in a garage or a nearby business on a street ...

Thanks to this method, Google Maps is capable of determining your location up to approximately 20 meters (65 feet), so this is one highly accurate way to figure out where you are. But it’s ...

Your iPhone tracks your real-world movements and you can view where you’ve been on a hidden map. The little-known feature is buried deep within your Settings and shows your most frequently vi… ...

Apple Maps packs a very straightforward system to keep track of your parked car’s location, as the app can automatically save such information without any input required from the user.

Location Services lets Apple and other apps use your location for directions and recommendations. You can see and clear the list of recent places you've been tracked at in the Settings app. The ...