Basic Controls

• Start listening: Click the "Start Listening" button to enable voice recognition.
• Stop listening: Say or click Stop Listening to disable voice recognition.

Navigation Commands

• Pan: Say pan left, pan right, pan up or pan down – moves the map in that direction.
• Zoom: Say zoom in or zoom out – adjusts the zoom level on the map.
• Reset: Double-click anywhere – centers the map and zooms in on that point.

Move to a Location

To navigate the map to any city, town, place, or a location you've saved, use one of the following voice commands followed by the location name:

• display [location]
• move to [location]
• show me [location]
• show [location]
• go to [location]
• take me to [location]
• travel to [location]
• fly to [location]
• find [location]
• locate [location]
• navigate to [location]
• zoom to [location]

Examples: "Go to Kolkata”, "Show me New Delhi”, "Fly to Bangalore”, "Locate Chennai”

Change Map View

To switch the map appearance, say:

• show street view (default)
• show satellite view
• show terrain view

Save Locations

• Say save this location, add a marker or save current location to save a place on the map.
• Say show my location, display my location, show current location or display current location to show your current location on the map.

Find Routes

• Say show route from <location1> to <location2> to show the route from <location1> to <location2>.*
• Say show route to <location> to show the route from current location on the map to <location>.*

*In place of the command show, we can also use display, get or calculate to achieve the same result.

*In place of the command route, we can also use directions to achieve the same result.

Display or Hide Layers

To control visibility of map layers using voice:

• To show a layer: Say show or display followed by the layer name.
• To hide a layer: Say hide or remove followed by the layer name.
• To hide all layers: Say hide all or remove all.
• To show all layers: Say show all or display all.

Available layers:

• Dark mode
• Roads and highways
• Country borders
• Waterbodies
• Hiking trails and forests¹
• Cycling routes¹
• Cloud cover
• Wind currents
• Temperature
• Precipitation
• Airports
• Railway lines
• Schools²
• Hospitals²
• District population²³

Examples: "Show temperature”, "Hide cycling routes”, "Display hospitals”

Weather Info

• Say show current weather or display current weather to get real-time weather updates.

Manual Map Controls

• Pan: Click and drag to move the map.
• Zoom: Use your mouse scroll or the + / - buttons.
• Double-click: Center and zoom into the clicked location.

Keyboard Shortcuts

• + — Zoom in.
• – — Zoom out.
• Arrow keys — Pan the map.
• — Move to your current location on the map.

Legend Overview

Some map layers show a legend in the bottom-right corner. If many are active, you can scroll through them vertically.

Troubleshooting

• Microphone not working? Make sure your browser has microphone access enabled.
• Map loading slowly? Check your internet connection.
• Some layers missing? Certain layers may not be available in all areas.

Things to Note

¹Please note that the 'Hiking trails and forests' layer and the 'Cycling routes' layer cannot be viewed at the same time. Both of these map features are assigned the same color code by our data provider, OpenStreetMap. To ensure clarity and prevent confusion, please enable only one of these layers at a time.

²To maintain a clear and uncluttered map view at wider zoom levels, features like Schools, Hospitals, and District boundaries are not visible by default. These details will automatically appear on the map as you zoom into a more local area, such as a city or neighborhood.

³Due to limited data availability, population information is shown only for specific districts: North and Middle Andaman, South Andaman, Nicobar, Agra, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru Urban, Bhopal, Chennai, New Delhi, North Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Howrah, Darjeeling, Hooghly, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, and Pune. To view the data, zoom in or move to these locations on the map.