# How can I get a google map?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-google-map/829924>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 20, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-google-map/829924 "2019-02-20T20:57:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-google-map/829924/1 "2019-02-20T20:57:06Z")

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It used to be that if I googled, say, New York, there were a number of choices across the top of the page, one of which was map and clicking on that would load the google map. This has disappeared. Even if I google map of New York, I get a map, but not one that is the old google map. Is there any way to get it back? I am using firefox on Win-10 if that matters.

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**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-google-map/829924/2 "2019-02-20T21:07:30Z")

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It’s still there, but displayed differently. If you Google New York you should get a sidebar with a bried presentation of basic NY facts. At the top of that there should be a picture of a map. Click on that and it should load the google maps page with New York’s boundaries highlighted.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-google-map/829924/3 "2019-02-20T21:08:28Z")

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I’m not certain what you are exactly looking for but the url “[maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com)” should bring up the map centered on your location. Then just zoom or pan to find where you want.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-google-map/829924/4 "2019-02-20T21:09:45Z")

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You should be able to click on the map to get to googlemaps with that city centered in the map. It’s what I do. And I’m using Firefox, too.

ninja’d, should have figured that.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-google-map/829924/5 "2019-02-21T15:01:15Z")

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> [@Dorjan](#):
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> It’s still there, but displayed differently. If you Google New York you should get a sidebar with a bried presentation of basic NY facts. At the top of that there should be a picture of a map. Click on that and it should load the google maps page with New York’s boundaries highlighted.

That works with New York but totally fails when I google the name of the town I live (Town of Mount Royal, QC). Loading [maps.google.com](http://maps.google.com) does though, although not without leaving a useless box in the upper left of the map that cannot be dismissed.

Why does every upgrade make things worse?

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**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-google-map/829924/6 "2019-02-21T15:07:00Z")

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> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> Why does every upgrade make things worse?

Because there are way more bad ideas than good ideas.

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-google-map/829924/7 "2019-02-21T17:03:32Z")

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> [@Hari\_Seldon](#):
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> That works with New York but totally fails when I google the name of the town I live (Town of Mount Royal, QC).

Works for me. Just tried it. Search string \>\> “Mount Royal QC” map \<\<. The ‘map’ at the end is not strictly necessary, but it gets you a larger map in the results. Just click on it. The quotes around the city name are probably not necessary either. The left part of the screen will have an info block, but that can be minimized.