What is this animated thin blue bar in Google Maps?

[reezekeys]

Here's a quick & small video of what I see in some – not all – Google Maps windows in Safari (9.1) on my MBP (Mavericks). Anyone know what it signifies? I have done "the google" and found zip – although I might be entering the wrong search terms (I tried "blue line bar OSX Safari google maps" in various combinations – mostly leads to iOS related stuff). TIA!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GNd_N3PEa4&feature=youtu.be

[Filliam H. Muffman]

This video is private.

[Speedy]

Still private…

[reezekeys]

So sorry! I thought private meant only htose I give the link to could access it. It's now "unlisted". Hopefully that works.

[Speedy]

Maybe it is still updating your location. Does it do the same when you Show Toolbar in Safari. How about in Firefox?

[reezekeys]

I'm at home, a location I access GMs from quite frequently. And my home address is in my Google Maps prefs (and the default map ). Happens whether the toolbar is shown or not. I'll try to take note of when exactly this line appears and under what circumstances. I'm in GMs now, entering destinations & getting directions, trying to make it show up, without success.

[space-time]

I see the video just fine, I don't think I saw that blue line before, and we use Safari and Firefor on our machines.

Edit: we also use Mavericks. I will pay attention to see if the line shows up in Safari.

[Bimwad]

It's an activity indicator displayed while the map elements finish populating.

[space-time]

Bimwad wrote:
It's an activity indicator displayed while the map elements finish populating.

I would think so, but I can't reproduce it in Mavericks / Safari 9.1. I tried to zoom out/in, pan, etc, it just loads instantly, never see that blue bar.

EDIT: what do you know, I was looking at some some maps and now I see that line in firefox. I swear it was not there earlier today. I noticed that the bar appears when I click in the search address box, and at the same moment, the URL changes from maps.google.com into www.google.com/maps/...

[reezekeys]

Bimwad wrote:
It's an activity indicator displayed while the map elements finish populating.

I'm not sure about that. I had the page sitting there for a few minutes, the map seemed to have loaded in completely – nothing looked missing anyway. Yet the line was still going.

Now I am trying everything to make it re-appear, no dice!