Use the zoom feature (in any of these four ways): 

• In the upper left hand corner, click on the plus or minus sign to zoom. 
• Use the sliding bar (left click and hold) to move the marker. 
• Double click on the map
• If your mouse has a wheel, this also serves to zoom in and out.

Centering or moving the map (any of three ways): 

• Right click and choose “Center map here
• Use the 4 directional arrows in the upper left
• When the hand symbol is showing on a map, left click and hold , move your mouse

Change from road map to satellite view:  Click on appropriate button in the upper right 

Get directions from your house or any other location (do all of the following steps):

• Right click on where you want to go and choose “Directions to here”.   (Google Maps puts in a green marker – this marker can be dragged/moved)  NOTE:  If the birding destination is not on a road, Google Maps will get you as close as the nearest street.  You may wish to print the maps to follow to off-road destinations.
• Go to the upper left of your screen and fill your address or current location in Box A (From)
• Click “get directions”

• Also, once you click on a feature, there is the option to “get directions to here”.

Markers or lines are used to label roads, parking area, or location names.  Read notes for a marker or line either of these ways:

• Click on the marker or blue line on the map
• Click on the labels (in blue) that are on the key on the left hand side

Once you have gone to a link, you can get to all the maps created for the webpage.  

• Go to the menu on the left and click on By lcbaswebmaster. 
• You can save them to your own Google Maps collection.