eMaps Quick Help

Navigation

Click and drag to interact with the map.
Press the arrow keys to move the map view.
Press the + or - keys to zoom in or out the map.
Use the mouse scroll button to zoom in or out on a location.
Double click to center and zoom in on a location.
Hold down the Shift key (⇧) and drag a box around an area to zoom in the map to that area.

Search

Enter a place name in the search field and click return.
Search result appear as marker on the map itself.
You can search for a variety of different kinds of places.
To search for cities, towns, airports, states, provinces, continents, parks, mountains, lakes, etc., enter the just place name or the place name and the region where it resides (for example: "Mount Fuji, Japan").
To search for an address or a road, where possible, use the following formats: "Address, city, state" or "Road, city, ZIP".
You can restrict the search results to a particular domain (country or region) adding the two-letter country code (au, br, ca, de, es, fr, it, jp, ru, uk, us, etc.) or the country name to the search term.
To perform a reverse-geocode, the conversion of latitude and longitude values into human-readable addresses, enter the geographic coordinates as comma-separed latitude/longitude pair (for example: 43.254955, 13.011589).
Right-click the marker to remove the result from the map.

NOTE: When you enter a geographic point the geocoder will attempt to find the closest addressable location within a certain tolerance. The closest addressable location may be some distance from the original latitude and longitude values of the query, if the supplied point is not an exact match for any addressable locations.

Get Address

Drag the marker to identify a point on the map.
Click the marker to display the address of the place and the geographic coordinates latitude and longitude (in decimal degrees).
Right-click the marker to remove it from the map.

NOTE: The address that is shown is the nearest location found for the selected point but the geographic coordinates (different for every point) represent the exact geographic position on the map.

Get Directions

Drag the marker to set the starting location (A).
Click another point on the map to set the ending destination (B). You can also click another marker already present on the map (for example, the marker of a search result).
Directions are displayed as a purple line drawing the route on the map and as a series of steps describing the instructions on the journey.
Move the mouse over the purple line to show all steps of the route.
Click a step marker to show the textual description for that step. You can navigate from a step to the following or go back.
Click the directions line to display an info-window with the estimated travel time and distance of the journey, get reverse directions and remove the route from the map.
Drag the markers to modify the directions displayed changing the start or end points to new locations on the map.
Click the start or end markers to follow step-by-step driving directions.

NOTE: By default, directions are assumed to be driving directions using the road network.

Street View

Drag the marker to the desired location.
While dragging the marker, roads with available street-level imagery appear outlined in blue.
To center a road with Street View imagery drag the marker at high zoom level.
Click the marker. If Street View is available for the location chosen a thumbnail image shows you a preview of the place.
Click the image to enter in Street View.
Drag the imagery or use the A and D keys to rotate left and right, and the W and S keys to tilt up and down (you'll need to click on the Street View image first for this to work).
To navigate along a street, click one of the white arrows overlaid on the street to move in that direction, or use the arrow keys.
You can navigate on to another street once you reach the center of an intersection.
As you move the mouse within Street View, you'll notice that the cursor now has lightly-shaded geometry attached to it - it will show an oval when your mouse is following a road and a rectangle when moving across the facades of buildings. This shape shows you where you can jump to a new panorama to get a different view.
Clicking the shape transports you to the best panorama in that direction. When there's a little magnifying glass in the bottom right of the shape, clicking it will zoom in on the current image, rather than transport you to a closer location (this happens when the current panorama has the best view for the selected location).
To exit from Street View click the close button on bottom right corner of the window.
Right-click the marker to remove it from the map.

Draw Shape (and Line)

Click on the map to start drawing.
Double click to stop drawing.
To edit a shape (or line), move the mouse over it and drag the points.
Click on a point to delete it.
Click a shape (or line) to display an info-window with the shape area (or line length), change the shape (or line) color and remove the shape (or line) from the map.

Default View

The default starting location that eMaps displays is a view of the entire world.
If you'd like to use a different view, go to your favorite place and click the flag button in the toolbar (or choose Map > Save Default View).
The current map view you're looking at now will appear as your default location.

NOTE: In addition to the default location the command saves also any layers displayed on the map (controls, traffic, weather, photos, videos, wikipedia, webcams, saved places) so that they appear when you start the application.
To reset the current starting view hold down the Option key (alt ⌥) and choose Map > Reset Default View.

Places

Drag the placemark to identify a location on the map.
Click the placemark to customize the info-window of the place. You can edit the title, the info field and change the pushpin color.
Click save to add the place to the Places menu.
Click a place from the Places menu to center the map to the favorite location.
Option-click a place from the Places menu to delete it from the favorites.

NOTE: Saved places can be removed from the Places menu holding down the Option key (alt ⌥) and choosing the menu item you want remove, or else from the map right-clicking the placemark.

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