Finding food on the road with Google Maps

Pt. 4 of 10 | 1:48 |

Planning a Road Trip with Google Maps

Thursday January 28, 2010

Google Maps does a great job of integrating Google search results into points on a map. This is especially useful when on a road trip as you can

easily find food, lodgings

or, should things go awry, a trusted mechanic in the town that you're heading to.

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Show Notes

- If you're looking for things to do or places to eat along your journey, you can easily search nearby wherever you'll be on your map.

- Select the marker on your map of where you want to search.

- Click on 'search nearby.'

- Enter in whatever you're searching for, like 'restaurants' and you'll get a list view of different restaurants in the area.

- There are also reviews, and you can save these items to your map so you can find them again later.

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