Compass Google Maps Desktop

A circle appears around the compass icon in the bottom-right corner.

The compass icon sits directly above the zoom buttons ( + and - ) and the Street View Pegman. Resetting to True North compass google maps desktop

When you first load Google Maps on desktop, the compass is often not even visible. Why? Because the default map is in a with north permanently fixed to the top of the screen. In this state, a compass is redundant—the map is the compass. A circle appears around the compass icon in