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View traffic conditions on your route9.4.5
At the lower-left corner of navigation view, a traffic light indicates the
overall traffic conditions on your route, next to the estimated time of
arrival at your destination. You can also view the traffic conditions on each
segment of your route.
Touch the traffic light at the lower left of the Navigation View. Your
route opens in Traffic View, with color coding to indicate the traffic along
the way. Touch the navigation icon to return to your current location in
Navigation View
Get an alternative route to your destination9.4.6
If traffic is slow on your current route, or if you just want to try a different
route, you can request an alternative route from Google Maps with turn-
by-turn Navigation service.
Press Menu key and touch Route information. Touch the alternative
route icon. An alternative route is drawn on the map.
Arrangement of Layers9.5
Layers allow you to view locations and additional information overlaid
on the map. You can add multiple layers or remove only certain layers
so you control exactly what information you want visible on the map at
one time.
To view multiple layers9.5.1
Press • Menu key from maps screen.
Touch • Layers.
All available layers are listed (like Traffic, Satellite, Latitude, etc), select •
one to view.
To open Street View for a location9.5.2
Touch and hold a location to display a balloon with the address and a •
Street View thumbnail.
Touch the balloon and touch • Street view.
To clear the map9.5.3
After you get directions or search on a map, you can clear the markers/
layers that have been drawn: press Menu key on maps screen and touch
More\Clear Map, or you can also touch Clear Map on Layers screen.
To view more layers9.5.4
You can browse more layers to add to the map such as My Maps, Transit
Lines or Wikipedia, etc.
Press • Menu key from maps screen.
Touch • Layers.
Touch • More layers to the bottom of the screen.
All available layers are listed for your selection.•
Join Latitude to see your friends' locations 9.6
and share yours with them
With Google Latitude, you can:
see your friends' locations on a map or in a list.•
quickly contact your friends with a text message, instant message, or •
phone call.
you can share, set, hide your location, or sign out of Google Latitude.•
control who sees your location, and at what level of detail.•
add Latitude widget to home screen to see nearby friends at a glance.•
