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• Settings: allows you to select the following additional options:
– Display: allows you to enable/disable the Zoom Buttons and
Scale Bar.
– Cache: 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 Settings: lets you access and configure the location
settings.
– 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.
– What’s New: provides access to the Play Store from where you
can update the application manually.
– About: displays general information about Google maps such
as Version, Platform, Locale, Total data sent, Total data received,
Free memory, etc.
– Feedback: allows you to provide application feedback.
– Terms, Privacy & Notices: displays the Terms and Conditions,
Privacy Policy, or Legal Notices information. Select the desired
information from the pop-up menu.
• Help: provides help information.
Local
Local (formerly known as Google Places) displays company
logos on a layer of Google Maps. When viewing an area you
can quickly locate a business or person, find out more
information about the business, see coupons, public
responses, and more.
1. From the Home screen, tap (Apps) ➔
(Local).
2. Tap (Search) and then use the Search Maps field
to manually enter a desired place or choose from
among the various categories. Matches are filtered by
those closest to your current location.
3. Locate and tap one of the listed places (Restaurants,
Cafes, Bars, Attractions, [user added searches],
RECOMMENDATIONS, or IN THIS AREA a list of places
within this category displays.
4. Tap the Maps icon to launch the related maps feature.
5. Press and then tap Add a search. The functions
adds additional search shortcuts to the places screen.