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Google Maps is a free online service by Google that allows you to view maps of the whole world. Use this tag if you have trouble using Google Maps in Ubuntu.

Google Maps is a free online web mapping service by Google. Started in 2005, Google Maps is now the most popular web mapping service.

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Firefox cannot draw the new Google Maps

Google released the new Google Maps. Unfortunately, it doesn't work on Firefox 21.0 on Ubuntu 13.04. When I open the page, Firefox just draws white grids on the screen. Dragging or clicking the screen does not cause anything. However, when the…
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Street view goes to black in google maps

My street view in google maps stopped working in a recent update. It starts ok, and I can rotate the view, but when I move to another location I only get a black screen, and need to reenter googlemaps from the front page to get normal view again
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Why do I need to use lite mode in the new Google Maps? (Chrome)

I was wondering if I could use the new Google Maps. I have latest stable Chrome and Ubuntu 13.04. I am currently told that I must use lite mode. Under Chrome in Windows 8 on the same machine it works perfectly.
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Ubuntu 20.04: location services not working

I recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 and now, while Location Services are enabled in the Settings, I do not see the location icon in my top bar, and services requiring my location cannot retrieve it. See it is enabled in Settings: But my top bar does…
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What navigation application can I use on Ubuntu phone devices, is it good as Google Map navigation?

What navigation application can I use on Ubuntu phone devices (the BQ Aquaris E4.5 & E5), while driving? Is it as good as the android default navigation system? Thank you
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Google Maps hang my ubuntu

System hang after sometimes scrolling the map and zoom in-out. I tried different browser, chrome and firefox and the result was the same. I need to hardly shutdown my system and restart ubuntu to fix it.
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Chrome webgl issue

Guys I know it seems a duplicated issue but I read the previous answers and none of them worked for me so I opened this issue here. I use ubuntu 16.04 nvdia drivers 361 (recommended) and google chrome 51.0.2704.79 (64-bit) When I try to open…
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Firefox cannot determine location in Ubuntu 20.04

This only happens in Ubuntu, and only with Firefox; Chrome seems to be able to determine my current location (although slightly inaccurate). Is there any particular setting for Ubuntu to allow Firefox to determine the location properly? Firefox does…
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Would a new Mesa driver help to fix WebGL problems?

Reading AskUbuntu and on the forums, I am trying to find out what to do about a WebGL and Google MapsGL problem (described in a Google forum thread starting at post #5). Specifically, Google's MapsGL works perfectly in Windows 7 (on this same…
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Google Chrome does not display Google Maps labels correctly

Opened Google Maps on Chrome just to be greeted by this odd picture: Firefox on the same machine works without any issues. What might be causing this behavior? I'm using Version 54.0.2840.71 (64-bit) of Chrome (latest) on updated 14.04.
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Unable to retrieve location on Google maps -- no error though

I have been following this link to make maps find my position but it doesn't work. After I "Enable Location Services" on my system and "Access your location" in my browser (Firefox), I click on my location dot, it blinks but it does not retrieve my…
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Google Maps OpenGL 3D makes my system unstable (hangup)

Running Ubuntu 12.04LTS. I tried to load Google Maps with the OpenGL 3D new functionality. My system does weird things graphically and still reports system errors after reboot. What shall I do? BTW, I cannot access maps any more, if I do the…
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google maps w/ firefox 83 ubuntu 20.04 no 3D earth view

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS with firefox 83. 3D earth view was working well but since a few days, I don't have 3d anymore. GC: NVIDIA Corporation GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] I try performance (preferences) but no change.
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Trying to run Google Chrome and Maps on Ubuntu 16.04

I can download google chrome and maps on Ubuntu 16.04 but I cannot get them to install or run. I even tried some suggested commands in terminal but they just dead ended. When I press the Install button on the GUI it only engages momentarily and the…
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Google maps brings down performance, even after close

I'm using Ubuntu 12. Google maps are very slow on my laptop, but even when I close browser (Chrome or Chromium), the performance goes down significantly. It stops every 3-4 seconds for about a second, so works in kind of jerks. This holds until I…
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