Vary the map display

The controls help you to change Google map views, to zoom, to pan, and to open Street View, where you can inspect locations with more context.

Procedure

  1. Google buttons are on the main screen, at the top left of the map:
    • To see a street map, hover over Map, either selecting Terrain to see topographic detail or clearing Terrain to avoid that detail.
    • To see satellite images, hover over Satellite, either selecting Labels to see context such as street names or clearing Labels to avoid that context.
  2. To zoom:
    • Hold down Ctrl and roll the mouse wheel in the direction that is appropriate to your workstation; or
    • When the hand icon is displayed, click the left mouse button to zoom in or click the right mouse button to zoom out; or
    • Move to the bottom right of the map, select the four-arrow button (a toggle), and select the plus (+) button to zoom in or select the minus (-) button to zoom out.
  3. To change location:
    • When the hand icon is displayed, hold down a mouse button and move your position; or
    • Move to the bottom right of the map, select the four-arrow button (a toggle), and click one of the arrows.
  4. To expand the map to full screen, move to the top right and select the square (a toggle).
  5. To see street-scene photographs for one or more dates:
    1. Move to the bottom right and select the pegman icon.
    2. Move it to a map location that is valid for the icon.
      A street-scene photograph is displayed.

      You can navigate to different locations by selecting one of the two white arrows in the scene itself; you can zoom in and out by moving to the bottom right and selecting the plus and minus icons; and you can explore your current position by holding down the left mouse button and moving the mouse.

      Alternatively, you can return to the map by moving to the recangle at the top left (where View on Google maps is displayed) and selecting the left arrow.

    3. If you stayed on the street-scene photograph and want additional options, select View on Google maps.
      The map is displayed in a separate browser tab, where you can learn the date photographed by looking to the left, below Google Street View. To see the scene as photographed at different times, select See more dates.

      For additional instruction from Google, select Google Street View and review that company's material in another browser tab.