Map Locator

Map Locator is a Metro-style navigation tool that uses GPS and Bing Maps to determine your current location, find the quickest route between any two points on the map, as well as to locate a place that you previously asked it to remember.

Designed for tablets and other mobile devices, Map Locator can be installed on computers running Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 from the Store. It must have access to the Internet and to your location to work properly.

At startup, the map app asks for permission to learn your current location. It loads a road map afterward with a pinpoint to indicate where you are.

You can zoom in and out of the map, explore it by tapping and dragging, show traffic, as well as choose from road, aerial and bird's eye view.

If you instruct the program to remember your current position, you can move around then ask it to show you the way toward that spot.

This is useful for finding out where you parked your car, for example. Besides displaying the route on the map, it also shows instructions on how to get there (e.g. turn left or right).

Moreover, Map Locator can find the quickest route between any two locations you specify in the "From" and "To" fields. To improve accuracy, make sure to also write the city next to the street name.

If you want to save a map route offline, you can take a screenshot and share the image using one of your external Modern UI programs that have a saving function.

Unfortunately, Map Locator failed in its attempt to accurately determine our current position in our tests, even when connected to a wireless network instead of mobile data. It cannot compete with top-line map apps dedicated to mobile devices, but you can give it a shot. It's free to use.