Here is what icons and symbols mean Blue dot with beam: This symbol indicates your GPS location on Google Maps. The shaded beam around the blue dot indicates the direction you are facing on the maps.

Google has your back with an array of colorful icons that you can choose from ... which makes selecting location to navigate to much safer when you’re on the go. Whether or not you use it ...

icons within Apple Maps titled More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Apple’s Spotlight Location Icons. POI icons have existed in Apple Maps since Google was the maps provider. But with iOS 6, Apple ...

One interesting UI change may have gone unnoticed though. Google Maps has made an adjustment to the shared location user icon. Shared locations has been a huge part of Google Maps for a good while ...