Windows Maps

Maps for Windows is Microsoft's answer to Google Maps: a web mapping tool, which allows you to explore the whole world from your personal computer, thanks to the combination of satellite images, aerial photography, 3D representations, and panoramic images taken at street level. All this information requires Internet access, of course, but you can download it for offline access at any time.

One of the most interesting parts of Maps for Windows is the address guide. Thanks to this function, you will be able to choose a starting point and a destination point, and obtain the fastest possible route, whether you are going to make the journey on foot, by car or by public transport. You can also add stops along the way, creating complex routes with just a couple of clicks. Other options will allow you to activate and deactivate toll roads, ferries or tunnels.

Another of the most striking features of Maps for Windows is its 3D city viewer. This feature is not available for all cities, but it is available for more than a hundred cities in more than a dozen countries around the world. The three-dimensional visualization is not perfect, but it is certainly impressive to be able to see entire cities rendered in this way, being able to virtually travel through them from the sky, almost as if you were in a video game.

Perhaps one of Maps for Windows's most useful tools for many users is its real-time traffic viewer. Thanks to this function, which can be accessed by clicking on the button in the upper right corner of the interface, you can see the status of any road at any time. In this way you can have a better estimate of the time it would take to complete a trip.

Maps for Windows is an excellent online mapping tool, thanks to which you can plan trips and journeys of all kinds, with the greatest possible comfort and precision. An essential app for travelers, which will also allow you to download all the content locally, so you can access it anytime, anywhere, without the need for an Internet connection.