https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:47:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/04/drawing-in-windows-maps/ Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:47:53 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=4292 More]]> “Windows 10’s stock Maps app has a drawing tool that’s quite useful, especially if you have a Windows 10 touchscreen PC,” writes Matt Elliott at CNet. In addition to scribbling notes, you can draw a line between two points to get directions and measure the distance of a drawn route. My household is all-Apple so I miss out on things like this on other platforms. [Gretchen Peterson]

]]> 4292 https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/06/with-here-maps-about-to-go-away-microsoft-updates-its-windows-10-maps-app/ Wed, 22 Jun 2016 20:11:12 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=2285 More]]> After Here Maps was sold to a consortium of German automakers, it announced that it was dropping support for Here Maps on Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile, with the workaround that kept those map apps going expiring at the end of this month. Yesterday Microsoft announced a major update to its native Windows 10 Maps app; among its new features is a tool to import favourites from the obsolescent Here apps. [Engadget]

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