Do you know that Google Maps has a nifty little trick that allows you to modify zoom with only one finger? As a result of I positive as hell didn’t till yesterday, when a tweet from Sketchfab CEO Alban Denoyel alerted me to its existence by way of a years-old YouTube video from 2013. The shortcut is straightforward: simply double-tap the maps interface, however as a substitute of lifting your finger after the second faucet (the shortcut for zooming in), you allow it touching the display screen. Then a swipe up zooms out, and a swipe down zooms in. Neat proper?
With this data you possibly can say goodbye to awkwardly holding the telephone and attempting to make use of two fingers to reposition the map to test your instructions when your different hand is busy holding a canine leash, espresso cup, procuring bag, or no matter. Personally I’m wanting ahead to utilizing it the following time I’m on a motorbike and have to whip out my telephone to shortly test instructions. No extra taking each arms off the handlebars for this man. No sir.
I haven’t accomplished an exhaustive search, but it surely appears like this function is fairly commonplace throughout mapping apps. It really works on Google Maps on each Android and iOS, and likewise works in different iOS mapping apps like Apple Maps and CityMapper. Have enjoyable!
