Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Complete Manual page 104

The apps
You'll use it to...
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
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
Maps
Maps
The ideal navigational companion for your
Samsung Galaxy device
Navigating
with maps
Google's Maps app is
a mature and ei 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 ei cient app that
will routinely undertake a
number of location-related
tasks, such as devising routes from A to B and i nding useful
and important locations in your area or further ai 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 Of 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
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