{"id":2699,"date":"2010-10-01T09:48:05","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T13:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/?p=2699"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:09:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:09:59","slug":"get-where-youre-going-with-google-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2010\/10\/01\/get-where-youre-going-with-google-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Where You&#8217;re Going with Google Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/criminalintent\/256540145\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border:0 none\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/80\/256540145_f6cf6eae77.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/criminalintent\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lars Ploughmann<\/a>, under a Creative Commons license<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/tag\/technology-on-your-own-terms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Technology On Your Own Terms<\/a> series continues on Tuesday, October 12 from 12pm &#8211; 1pm in WML306 with a workshop titled<strong> Get Where You\u2019re Going with Google Maps<\/strong>, taught by digital services librarian <a href=\"http:\/\/libwiki.scranton.edu\/mediawiki\/index.php\/Kristen_Yarmey-Tylutki\" target=\"_blank\">Kristen Yarmey<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Many people know that you can use <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google Maps<\/a> to get driving directions from one place to another. But did you know  that you can also use Maps to scope out a vacation destination, find the  closest Italian restaurant, or make a custom map for a friend or a  project?\u00a0 In this workshop, you\u2019ll explore specialized features and  tools available in Google Maps to help you get where you want to go.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Remember, all faculty and staff members are welcome, but seats are  limited, so if you plan to attend, please register at <a href=\"https:\/\/uis.scranton.edu\/pls\/prod\/uis2.log?f=ycaevnt.event\">www.scranton.edu\/ctleregistration <\/a>(select Special Event).  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