hey guys I'm bill from gcflearnfree.org
and today I want to talk about Google
Maps Google Maps is a free online
service that can give you step-by-step
directions to just about anywhere I find
it to be a really useful tool and really
easy to use let's take a look at how to
get from point A to point B with Google
Maps to get started just go to
maps.google.com and your web browser
anat with your current location will
appear to get directions just hover your
mouse in the upper left corner then
click directions first you'll need to
choose a starting point I'm at work
right now so I'll just enter my work
address now if you're going someplace
you've never been before you can
actually search for it rather than
entering an address for example a friend
of mine wants to meet me at a new
restaurant but I've never been there
before so I'll just search for here and
there it is okay here are my directions
it looks like it's about a nine minute
walk from my office now if you want you
can also get driving directions or
public transportation directions Google
Maps will show a few different ways to
get to your destination and the current
route will be highlighted in blue when
you're happy with the route quick
details a full step-by-step list of
directions will appear if you want to
print these out and take them with you
just click the print icon you can choose
to print the map and the directions or
just the text okay so if those are just
the basics of using Google Maps they get
directions but it has a lot of other
really cool features that I hope you'll
check out now if you like the idea of
getting directions online but just would
prefer not to use Google Maps there are
a lot of other services that offer
basically the same thing
these include sites like Bing Maps Apple
Maps Nokia here and open the street maps
again I hope this video has been helpful
and the next time you need directions to
someplace you've never been try using a
site like Google Maps it just might make
your trip a whole lot easier
you