ScrollMaps

Allow you to use two finger scroll on your Mac trackpad in Google Maps.

What is ScrollMaps?

ScrollMaps is a Chrome extension that enables users to intuitively navigate Google Maps using two-finger scrolling, pinch gestures, and inertial scrolling on Mac trackpads and other devices like the Magic Mouse. It features an options page for customization, works natively with supported operating systems, and is now updated to Manifest v3 with optional permissions for added security and user control.

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By: https://mauricelam.com

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Users: 5,000+

Rating: 3.99 (87)

Version: 4.0.0 (Last updated: 2024-02-24)

Creation date: 2020-02-13

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
scripting
activeTab

Host permissions:

*://maps.google.com/
*://www.google.com/maps/
*://www.google.com/maps*
*://maps.google.com/*
*://mapy.google.pl/*
*://ditu.google.cn/*
*://www.google.at/maps*
*://www.google.com.at/maps*
*://www.google.co.at/maps*
*://maps.google.at/*

Size: 504.83K

Email: ma*****@gmail.com

URLs: Website

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 13673 ▼ 38

Other rankings

#49 in Functionality & UI ▼ 1

#16 in maps keyword 20 ▲ 8

#21 in scroll keyword 15 ▼ 1

#24 in google maps keyword 25 ▲ 6

#24 in map keyword 16 ▲ 10

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Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

ScrollMaps (v4.0.0)

0.00 (0) 58

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Summary

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Allow you to use two finger scroll on your Mac trackpad in Google Maps.

It's designed for Mac trackpads but because of the simple mechanism, it should work on all trackpads, or even a Magic Mouse. To zoom in the maps, use the pinch gesture, Alt-scroll (Windows), or Cmd-scroll (Mac). Inertial Scrolling works on the Mac, and other operating systems that supports it natively. There are additional options in the options page, together with a small embedded map to try out different configurations.

Happy mapping!

Permissions:

When ScrollMaps is installed, it asks for permission to access different Google Maps domains so it can activate automatically. Those permissions can be turned off in Chrome's extension settings page, in which case ScrollMaps will only activate if you click on the extension icon on the top right.

For other sites that embed Google Maps (through its API or an iframe), ScrollMaps does not activate by default, and requires clicking on ScrollMaps' extension icon. If you click on the browser icon again after activating, a dialog will pop up allowing you to enable ScrollMaps automatically on that domain or on all sites.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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Pros

Improves navigation on Google Maps significantly
Provides smooth and intuitive scrolling
Works well with MacBook Pro trackpad

Cons

Can interfere with the ability to open PDFs in Chrome
Can make mouse wheel unusable for zooming
Does not work with Google My Map

Most mentioned

Facilitates intuitive scrolling for Google Maps
Works well on Mac devices
May cause issues with opening PDFs

Recent reviews

Doesn't work for me.

A Google user, 2015-06-24

Unfortunately this now breaks the new pinch to zoom behavior of Google Maps, so I'm not sure it's worth it. Hopefully Google will simply support this "scroll to drag" too, autonomously.

A Google user, 2015-05-18

With this enabled, PDFs cannot be opened within Chrome

A Google user, 2016-06-15

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Safety

Risk impact

ScrollMaps is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.