Google Maps improves services every time to make it easier for its users to find what they need in a short time , whether they are driving or if they want to walk somewhere. Even on public transport or by bicycle. This includes everything from basic services to leisure and practically everything you may be looking for, both near you and elsewhere.
Therefore, if an emergency has arisen and you need to go to a pharmacy, but you do not know where there is one because most are closed or you are in another place that you do not know, Google makes it easy for you with its maps service.
How to find pharmacies from Google Maps
If you enter Google Maps from your mobile, you will find a series of categories under the search engine, such as Work, restaurants, Supermarkets , etc. If you move the menu until you reach More you will find a section with different categories of interest. One of them is Pharmacies (in the services section).
If you click on this same section, without doing anything else, the closest pharmacy to your location will appear along with its closing or opening hours, so you know if it is open. On the map you will find many more pharmacies marked with a red mark so that you can choose the one that interests you, and it even tells you if they are open or not . If you want to know more about one, click on its icon and it will give you more information.
If you give How to get there, it will give you the directions you need to get there. You can say if you want to go on foot or by car, or whatever you want, and then hit Start. You can also change route settings and even share directions with another person. Imagine, for example, that you want to go to an establishment, but it is very late and there is none in your area or you are not interested in it, so you have to go to another place, but you want to avoid tolls. You can select what you need, as you would to go to any other site, or simply hit start and be guided.
Although initially it may seem like several steps, the truth is that it is very simple and will take you very little time, in fact, they inform you about the pharmacies that are available at that time or not.
The abbreviated indications are:
- Open Google Maps
- Scroll down the menu to More
- Go to Services
- Select Pharmacies
- Choose the pharmacy that interests you
- Give How to get there
- Give Start
You can also do it from the search engine
If this seems complicated to you, in the search engine itself you can put pharmacies (or pharmacies in x site) and the search results will appear. You will see just below a new menu in which you can sort the results that appear by relevance or distance or Open now. If you click on this last option, only those that are open will appear.
There are more filters , such as the possibility of choosing the day and time they are available to the public, although this is more in case you want to know if you can go at a certain time, but not for an emergency in which you can consult the information at the moment.
It is a simple solution, so you can choose the one that is most interesting to you. As you can see, not only do you have several options to find out where there are pharmacies near you or anywhere you want to consult, but you can also find out which of them are open at that moment or at any time and day you want to do. your query and customize the search based on your interests.
