Friday, August 04, 2006

New Google Maps feature: Saved Locations

Update (Aug.8/06) - Official Google Blog Post: Saved locations on Google Maps (Thai Tran gives a great use for the "auto-complete" feature in this post)



A new feature has turned up today on Google Maps for registered Google users. When logged into to your Google account you'll notice a new link up along the top of the main Google Maps page labeled: "Saved Locations". This feature will collect and record your searches, then list them for you to return to later. Saved searches are listed in order by clicking the Saved Locations link. You can label or delete each previous search or add a new location. You can also turn the feature off by un-checking "Enable auto-saving of locations". This feature is quite handy if you're searching many locations and don't wish to keep retyping the request or continually select from your Bookmarks or Favorites folder.. A nice addition.

4 comments:

Dave said...

thank goodness. this makes using Google Maps SO much easier. i hate bookmarking map locations.

tones said...

This extension (click here) solves the problem for me tenfold compared to this latest offering and although only for flock at the moment, a firefox version will hopefully be out soon.

Jeff's Place said...

Yeah but can you add multiple address to make a custom map from your save locations??
Anyone??

BTW: Cool feature!!

Jeff

Neslekkim said...

Yeah, so, but, how can I save the location I'm viewing on the screen?, for some odd reason, searching adresses works very bad for the maps in norway, yes, I see the name on the map, but can I search for it? no..
I tried this thingy now, but some other strange location was saved instead..