Get detailed location info from Google Maps

Pt. 7 of 10 | 3:00 |

Planning a Road Trip with Google Maps

Tuesday February 2, 2010

Google Maps has integrated Wikipedia entries, videos, phones and much more to its bag of tricks. Zoom down to a close view of your destination to get info from Wikipedia about where you're headed, see

user-submitted photos and videos

and even live webcam feeds from Google Maps.

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Show Notes

- To

view public photos, videos, Wikipedia articles

and more on a Google map, first zoom in on a location.

- Select either photos, video, Wikipedia, or webcam from the drop down menu in the top right corner.

- You can view as many or as few of these options as you like.

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