When a map is embedded on a website it can sit in quite a small box. Fullscreen mode blows it up to fill your entire screen, which makes crowded maps far easier to read — especially on a phone.
Go fullscreen
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Find the fullscreen button
Look for the fullscreen icon (usually a square made of four corner arrows) among the controls on the map.
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Tap it
The map expands to fill your screen. Everything else — the surrounding web page, browser tabs and toolbars — drops away.
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Explore
Zoom, pan, browse the list and open places exactly as before, now with the whole screen to work with.
Come back out
To leave fullscreen, tap the fullscreen button again, or press the Esc key on a computer. Your browser may also show its own × or an on-screen hint for exiting.
On a phone
Fullscreen is most useful on a phone, where an embedded map is otherwise tiny. Turn your phone sideways in fullscreen for an even wider view of large maps.