The unique capabilities of online services will help you find a street in an unfamiliar city if you know its name or at least remember which area it is in, and which buildings or attractions are located in this place. Try to find a street in Penza using the Yandex.Maps service.
Instruction manual
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Go to http://maps.yandex.ru to get into the geographic features search system developed by Yandex. If you wish, you can use a similar service from Google, which can be found at http://maps.google.com. The algorithm of actions will be almost identical.
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In the search field, enter the name of the city (in this case, "Penza") and click "Find." You will see a map of the city, the scale of which can be changed using the mouse wheel or the zoom buttons located on the left side of the window’s working area.
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If you know the exact name of the street, enter it in the same search field and click the "Find" button again. The search will be performed as part of the Penza city map.
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If the name of the street is not exactly known to you, but you remember how buildings or attractions look on the street you need, you can search in another way. In the upper right corner of the window working area, click the "Panorama" button. Most of the streets on the map will be highlighted in blue.
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Place the cursor in the proposed street marked in blue and right-click. At the top of the window will appear three-dimensional panoramas of the city streets, made on the basis of photographic images. Navigate the virtual streets of the city until you find the one you need.
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By clicking on the "Show" button, activate the "Photos" element by checking the box so that pictures of the main attractions and objects of the city appear on the map. Each photograph is placed on the map in the place where the object depicted on it is located. Perform a street search by looking at photos in supposed places.
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Once the right street is found, you can get directions on the map to get to the right place by the shortest route. To do this, go to the "Routes" tab, which is located in the menu located on the left side of the window. Click sequentially first at the place where you want to lay the path, and then at the end point of the route.
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The menu will show all the details of the route depending on the transport on which you will get, including the length and average travel time with or without traffic jams.
