UPDATE: Mar. 18, 2022, 3:08 p.m. EDT Google Maps is back up and running all over the world as of Friday afternoon. A spokesperson said in an email statement that the issue had been resolved, "We can confirm that the technical issue from earlier today is now fixed." The original story follows below.

It was difficult to find directions for driving, walking, biking, and modes of transportation because of the unavailability of Google Maps.

An email statement was sent by a spokesman for the company that said they were seeing reports of difficulties accessing some services. Our team is working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

Users in Europe, India, Australia, and other countries also reported issues with the mapping service.

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Definitely down. Credit: Downdetector

It is affecting both the desktop and app versions of the mapping platform. Other apps that use Maps are having issues as well.

People are turning to Apple Maps because of the problem. Or not. There are comments about avoiding using an inferior maps app.

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There are always paper maps.