Google Maps keyboard shortcuts

Google Maps

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- Shortcuts

There are only a few Google Maps shortcuts but they can help you, when you only want to use keyboard in Google Maps. You may want to take a look at Street View shortcuts too, below.

0
Tab

Navigate between controls on the screen

0

Pan to desired direction

0
Page Up

Pan wider

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or Page Down
0
or Home
1
or End
-3

Zoom

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or +
1

Zoom out (Ctrl + double click for Mac users)

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or -

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-1
A

Rotate camera 45 degrees in counter-clockwise direction

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or
-1
D

Rotate camera 45 degrees in clockwise direction

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or
-1
W

Look up towards the sky

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or Page Up
-1
S

Look down towards the ground

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or Page Down
Note: A, S, D and W keys may not work in fullscreen mode
0

Go forward

0

Go backward

0
+

Zoom in

0
-

Zoom out

3

(the circle) Jump to the point

0

(the rectangle) Zoom in to that point

0
3

(numpad) Toggle 3D mode


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Program information

Program name: Google Maps Google Maps (Web applications)

Google Maps is a mapping service developed by Google. It includes satellite imagery, street maps, 360 degrees panoramic views of streets, real time traffic information, route planning for travelling by foot, car, bicycle or public transportation. Google Maps project began as a C++ desktop program and in October, the company was acquired by Google in October 2004.

Web page: maps.google.com

Last update: 3/4/2021 12:38 PM UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 91%

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Shortcut count: 25

Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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Sonia OP says : 5 years ago 10/7/2018 8:51 PM
Useful article. You can also create your own keyboard shortcuts with a free software like ShortKeeper. One useful shortcut to create for Google Maps is to display a map from a selected address. You can quickly create this shortcut with the following how-to: https://cedeq.com/shortkeeper/en/how-to/open-google-maps-from-selected-address