Map Overlays

Change satellite images in mapping websites.

What is Map Overlays?

'Map Overlays' is an innovative Chrome extension designed to enhance user experience on mapping websites such as Waze Map Editor and Google My Maps. By simply using a shortcut, users can conveniently switch between the default satellite images and their selected map layers. Included are international and specific country maps. Though the utility of this tool is widespread, users must comply with the terms of use of each layer provider.

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By: Ciprian Coman

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Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.56 (57)

Version: 4.2.0 (Last updated: 2024-07-25)

Creation date: 2020-01-02

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
storage
declarativeNetRequest

Host permissions:

*://*.google.com/maps/d*
*://*.waze.com/*editor*
https://*.tiles.virtualearth.net/tiles*
https://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services*
https://*.tile.openstreetmap.org/*
*://*.communitymaptiles.nokia.com/tilehub*
https://*.aerial.maps.ls.hereapi.com/maptile*
https://*.apple-mapkit.com/*
https://cache.map2web.eu/toursprung/wmts/toursprung/webmercator*
https://geoportal.ancpi.ro/*

Size: 287.74K

Email: ci*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 17311 ▼ 50

Other rankings

#3998 in Workflow & Planning #30 in map keyword 16 #60 in overlay keyword 44 #129 in maps keyword 29 ▲ 1 #159 in google maps keyword 23 ▲ 1

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Not available on Firefox

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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Provides an easy way to change the satellite images displayed in Google My Map and Waze Map Editor. There's several international maps available and some country specific (Romania, Poland, Check Republic).

Supported sites: • waze.com/editor • google.com/mymaps

There is a shortcut, default Alt+L, to switch between the default layer and selected layer. You can change the keybinding in the chrome settings chrome://extensions/shortcuts

Do not use layers for editing the maps unless you comply with the terms of use specific to each layer provider.

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