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    What's with the arrowhead on Google Maps "location" symbol?

    Use your map to go there and find out ! :D
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    What's with the arrowhead on Google Maps "location" symbol?

    Hi Timothy, Assume that from where you stand, you can see five or six mountains in different directions (or there are 5 roads leading away from that spot). All the mountains look the same, and you have no other clue. You want to know : "which one of those peaks is Mt. Timothy?" All the peaks...
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    What's with the arrowhead on Google Maps "location" symbol?

    The blue arrowhead that swivels around the blue dot, tells you which way the phone's body is pointing, assuming that you are holding it with the screen horizontal. In portrait mode, that corresponds to a line running straight out from the top edge of the screen and parallel to the ground. This...