Using the Map
Now the fun part begins, using your map while exploring the city. You can even get started with it before you arrive to monitor the progress of your journey to the place.
If you are arriving at the train station, which you have no doubt already included in your map, take a look and see how far away your hotel is, then decide if you're going to walk there or take a taxi, or maybe city bus.
Walking Routes
Your map will now tell you where to go! Perhaps you have walking routes already placed into the map, so you can begin following them now.
Browse nearby areas
Not only does the map offer walking route options, the large clusters of pins you have created make it easy to venture from one spot of interest to another.
Determine best locations for your hotel
When you have done all the work to identify the places of most interest to you there will probably be some clusters of pins in certain neighborhoods. These clusters would be good targets for your hotel search before the trip.
Connected
You need connection to the Internet for the map to work, so be sure that your mobile device is getting a signal.
Ditch the map and go wander beyond the pins.
After all that effort to make a map, sometimes it's best to ditch it. Put your mobile away and wander around, get a little lost, then pull it out to figure out where you are and how to get back on track.
Which Device? Phone or Tablet
The map is now in one compact device, but which device to use? Phones are more portable, everybody has one, and they fit easily in the palm of your hand or pocket and purse.
But maps can benefit in various ways from the larger screen of a tablet. That extra space around your immediate location or route can quickly show you various alternatives around you.
That's It
You are now a smart traveller, arriving in a place for the first time knowing where to go and what to do, getting the most out of your visit.