Locate on Google Maps 1

Download Now (165K)

Tested spyware free

CNET editors' review

Reviewed by: CNET Staff

Bucking the trend of obtrusive toolbars that attempt to be all things to all people, Locate on Google Maps is a nearly invisible application that does no more and no less than what its name implies.

Locate on Google Maps has at least one thing going for it, it's very discreet. So discreet, in fact, that there's nothing to show you that it's activated. There's also no Help menu. We had to rely on the vague publisher's description to figure out how it works--highlight an address, right-click, and select the Locate on Google Maps option. Once we selected it, the program took us to Google Maps to display the selected address on a map. Instead of displaying the map on a new Web page, however, it replaces the window you're currently working in. Sure, you can use the navigation buttons to go back, but it's still annoying.

The bottom line is that this freeware program works and it's very unobtrusive. And although there's little user guidance, it's easy to figure out and use.

Publisher's description

Highlight an address on a Web page, right click the mouse, and choose Locate on Google Maps menu item, to see the location at Google Maps and find the directions. Works wherever Google Maps has coverage. No ulgy toolbars.

More popular Internet Explorer Add-ons & Plugins downloads

1. 16,766 downloads 1. IE7Pro
2. 8,890 downloads 2. ieSpell
3. 7,463 downloads 3. FreeZ TV Toolbar
4. 4,442 downloads 4. Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
5. 3,036 downloads 5. Online TV Toolbar
6. See all Internet Explorer Add-ons & Plugins downloads