Like everyone else, you probably use Google Maps to calculate routes. But the app also has a little-known function to guide you to places you might not have thought of.
Over time, Google Maps has become a valuable tool in our daily lives, whether to find the way, find a restaurant for lunch, find out the opening hours of a store, or check the attendance level at a tourist site. The app even indicates the entrances to some buildings! It has really proven itself as a reference tool to guide us through the streets around the world.
In this large number of jobs, some are still unknown. One, particularly useful one, is often overshadowed by classic trajectory calculations and satellite views: indoor maps. In fact, who among us has never felt lost in a large shopping mall? Who among us has never walked around in circles in a museum looking for the coveted exhibition room? Who among us has never wandered like a lost soul in an airport looking for a meeting point or terminal?
However, few people know it, but some large buildings have their own maps in Google Maps. This is the case for some airports, shopping malls, train stations, concert halls and even museums, such as the terminals of Charles de Gaulle Airport, the German Museum in Munich, the Stade de France, and some brands Carrefour, Unibille Rodamco, FNAC, Leroy Merlin and Leclerc, Galeries Lafayette and Les 4 Temps. In La Défense.
Thus, the application displays detailed plans of the different floors, corridors and shops, facilitating our navigation in these often labyrinthine spaces. And at Carrefour d'Auteuil, in Paris, he even points to the different departments! Finally, we will know where these damned pickles are, which we search for every time!
This option is automatically activated when you zoom in to a compatible location, provided you are in map mode, not satellite mode. Sometimes a series of numbers appear on the right side to indicate the floors of the building. By clicking on the option that interests you, the respective floor plan is displayed and you can also get an exact route to guide you!
As with exterior mapping, these interior charts allow you to visualize the exact location of stores, stairs, or check-in desks. Valuable help in places where it's easy to get lost. This service, which covers locations in many major cities around the world, can also point out points of interest such as toilets or entrances. So, next time you enter a large complex, don't hesitate to take out your phone! You may find a more detailed map than you expected.
