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Looking at a location in Street View
Street View mode (available only in selected areas) provides a street-level view of the location.
1. Do one of the following:
Touch and hold a location on the map, and then tap the balloon that appears.
Search for the place you want to view. See "Searching for a location" for details. When you
find the place, tap its balloon.
2. On the location details screen, tap Street view.
3. To navigate in Street View, do any of the following:
Swipe your finger on the screen or the trackpad to pan up or down or to look in other
directions.
Tap the displayed arrows to move up and down the street.
Press MENU to select from other navigation options.
While viewing a Street View of a location, press MENU and then tap Compass mode to turn Compass
mode on. Tilt, pan, or turn your phone to view the area around the selected location.
Clearing the map
After you get directions or search on a map (as described in the other parts of this section), you
can clear away the various markers such activities draw on the map.
When viewing a map, press MENU and then touch More > Clear map.
Viewing map layers
Initially, Google Maps opens with a street map. You can view additional map layers, such as
satellite images, traffic information, your Google Latitude friends' locations, and Wikipedia
information on locations. You can also view maps that you and other people have created in
Google Maps on the web.
Multiple layers can be viewed at the same time.
Not all locations have information to support all Map layers or all zoom levels. To learn more about
layers, visit Google Maps on the web: http://maps.google.com/
1. While viewing a map, press MENU, and then tap Layers.
2. Select any of the following.
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.
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