How to use maps.google.fr

Albert Shih Albert.Shih at obspm.fr
Tue May 5 09:17:24 UTC 2015


 Le 05/05/2015 à 09:45:03+0100, Mike Clarke a écrit
> On Tue, 5 May 2015 00:35:54 +0200
> > Anyone have a idea ?
>
> It's Google's idea of "progress" :-(

Yes I known. That sucks. Until recently I'm manage to use to old version.
But seem this old version just disappear.

>
> On first reading that I thought we might have been able to manage with
> Chrome under FreeBSD but it appears that the reference to Linux is
> precise and doesn't mean Unix like systems as is sometimes the case.
>
> Browsers not meeting the system requirements will automatically be fed
> with maps in "Lite" mode. The following is from
> <https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6070247?p=litemode&hl=en-GB&rd=1>
>
> ======================================================================
> In Lite mode, some features are turned off so that Maps can run faster.
> You won't be able to use the following features while running Maps in
> Lite mode:
>
>     Seeing 3D imagery and Earth view
>     Showing your computer?s location on the map
>     Setting home and work
>     Searching nearby, measuring the distance between places, and
>     getting coordinates
>     Draggable routes

That's very nice feature to planning a route....

Regards.

JAS
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