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Instructions for Using the Google Maps™ App on Your Smartphone to Navigate in Italy Or Ireland Instructions for Using the Google Maps™ App on Your Smartphone to Navigate in Italy or Ireland Click on one of the links below to go directly to that section of these instructions: Overview Note Quick Summary Complete Step-by-Step Directions A User Tip Using the Google Maps App in Offline Mode – be sure to read this! Contact Us OVERVIEW Our books are provided with an activation code which enables the reader to download from our website a proprietary set of GPS coordinates in one of three dif- ferent file formats: For use with Garmin® GPS devices (a GPX file) For use with TomTom® GPS devices (an OV2 file) For use with the Google Maps™ app on an iPhone® or an Android™ phone (a KML file) These GPS coordinates cover all of the locations referenced in each of our books. The KML file we supply for use when navigating with a smartphone inter- faces with Google Maps. This means you must: Have a Google account (free) Install the Google Maps app onto your smartphone Using a Windows® PC or Mac® computer, download our KML file to your computer and then upload that file to your personal Google Maps account Once you have added our KML file to your personal Google Maps account, you can then access all of the locations referenced in each of our books using the Google Maps app your smartphone! NOTE Navigating with Google Maps differs in some important respects from navi- gating with a Garmin or TomTom GPS device. All three approaches use the same ex- act underlying data (the files we supply for download). In the case of Garmin or TomTom devices, the data file is transferred into the memory of the device using a Windows PC or Mac computer. Because the data files are stored in the device itself, no internet connection is required, only a GPS signal. GPS signals are reliably provid- ed at no charge, day and night, by a constellation of satellites orbiting the earth. In contrast, data for the Google Maps app is stored in the cloud, making the data (and the corresponding maps) accessible on multiple devices via the internet. Once signed in to your Google Maps account, the data and corresponding maps can be accessed across different platforms – desktop or laptop computers, smartphones and tablets – without the need to load the data onto each separate device. For smartphones this functionality requires an internet connection in the form of a data plan with a sufficient amount of data to avoid roaming charges. With- out an adequate data plan, these charges can be very high, so be sure to check with your particular wireless carrier to determine your data plan’s coverage – before you leave on your trip! T-Mobile’s Simple Choice Plan, offered in the US, is one example of a data plan that provides unlimited data and texting in every European country. Copyright © Wanaka Enterprises, Inc. 2017 (rev. 2017_04_10) Page 2 of 22 QUICK SUMMARY Please note: Google Maps™ is a cloud-based mapping service which allows users to access saved maps across multiple devices such as desktop and laptop computers, smartphones and tablets. However, you must first use a PC or Mac computer to set up a map (as per the instructions below) before you can access the map using a smartphone or tablet. You cannot rename or otherwise change elements of a map using a smartphone or tablet, but instead must use a PC or Mac computer to do so. A. Install the latest version of the Google Maps app onto your smartphone. B. Make sure you have a Google account. If you don’t have one, using a Windows PC or Mac go to the Create your Google Account page and create a Google account. C. Using a Windows PC or Mac computer, download the GPS coordinates file from our website, being sure to extract the KML file. Click here for the download site for Tus- cany and click here for Ireland. (An activation code is required for the download; to locate the code, search in your iPad or Kindle for “activation code.”) See #4 below if you have questions about extracting the KML file from the download. D. Using a PC or Mac, go to Google Maps and sign in to your Google account. E. Using a Windows PC or Mac computer, click on the “Menu” icon in Google Maps (the three horizontal bars in the upper left corner of your browser window). A panel with directory information will then appear on the left side of your screen. In that panel, select “Your places.” In the next panel that appears, select “Maps” and then “Create Map.” (In that panel, “Maps” is located in the upper right and “Create Map” is found at the very bottom of the panel.) F. Now select “Import” and then either drag the KML file you just downloaded into the dialogue box, or use its command to select the file from its download location on your computer. This will upload the KML file to your personal Google account where it will be saved in the cloud ready to be accessed via your smartphone or tab- let. Once the KML file has uploaded, click on “Untitled Map” which will bring up a dialogue box allowing you to rename the map. G. Using your smartphone, open the Google Maps app and make sure you are signed in to your Google account. Once signed in, select “Your places,” which will bring you to our Tuscany or Ireland GPS coordinates in the Google Maps app. Copyright © Wanaka Enterprises, Inc. 2017 (rev. 2017_04_10) Page 3 of 22 Troubleshooting tip when using the Safari browser on a Mac: Google Maps works best when your Mac is running Apple’s latest operating system. Sometimes functionality is limited on older operating systems (in our experience, for example, when running OS X Lion (10.7). On these older operating systems, Google Maps shifts into “Lite mode” and the “Create Map” functionality is not available. This means you cannot upload the KML file to your personal Google account and cannot access our GPS coordinates when using a smartphone or tablet. Very frustrating! The fix is to upgrade your Mac’s operating system to the latest version (which you should probably do anyway). In Finder on your Mac, go to the App Store and click on “Updates” at the top right of the header. Your Mac will check for updates, including newer versions of the operating system. We have encountered this loss of functionality associated with the “Lite mode” of Google Maps when using the Safari browser on a Mac, and were able to restore full Google Maps functionality by updating our MacBook Pro’s operating system. Troubleshooting tip – Can’t see waypoints (locations) when using the Google Maps app on an iPhone or iPad? In a recent update to Google Maps, the default “Sharing” settings were changed. Now the default setting is “Private - Only you can access,” which masked (made invis- ible) the waypoint locations if viewed on another device, even when the user is signed into the same Google account on all devices. In other words, after following the instructions below, all of the waypoint locations in our books were visible when Google Maps was used on a laptop or desktop comput- er, but none of them were visible using the Google Maps app on an iPhone or iPad If you encounter this issue, please make the following changes to the “Sharing set- tings” in Google Maps, which should resolve the issue: 1. This presumes you have downloaded our Google KML coordinate file and, us- ing the instructions below, have already created a new map using the desktop/laptop version of Google Maps. 2. Using your desktop/laptop computer, open Google Maps (being sure to be signed in to your Google account). Now click on the “Menu” icon (the three horizon- tal bars in the upper left corner of your browser window). A panel with directory in- formation will then appear on the left side of your screen. In that panel, select “Your places.” 3. In Your places, select MAPS. 4. Select “Tuscany by Car” or “Ireland by Car” (assuming that after you down- Copyright © Wanaka Enterprises, Inc. 2017 (rev. 2017_04_10) Page 4 of 22 loaded our Google KML file and added it to your Google Maps, you renamed the file “Tuscany by Car” or “Ireland by Car”). 5. In the panel that opens, select “Open in My Maps.” 6. In the next panel, you should see a list of the TBC/IBC waypoints. Immediate- ly above that list of waypoints, select “Share.” 7. In the dialogue box that opens, you will see “Who has access” and under that the setting currently in effect for the map. Select “Change” (located to the right of the setting). 8. In the next dialogue box, select “On – Anyone with the link,” then click on the blue SAVE button below. Another dialogue box will appear. Click on the blue “DONE” button. This brings you back to the Tuscany by Car or Ireland by Car map. 9. In the next panel there is a setting immediately below “Waypoint.” Click on this and a dialogue box will open with two groups of settings. In the first (“Group places by”) select “Individual Settings.” In the second (“Set labels”), select “name” if you would prefer place names for each of our coordinates to be shown on the map. 10. Now click anywhere on the page (which will close this dialogue box) and then close out of Google Maps.
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