With the app, you can view someone's real-time location or get their location history. If the person you are tracking is using an Android phone, they can easily share their location with you using the location-sharing feature on Google Maps.

Search for a place on Google Maps At the top, tap the search box and enter an address, name of a place, or choose a category, like gas stations or groceries. Tip: After you find a place on the map, you can check directions to the place in a list, details about a place, or get directions with voice-guided navigation.

If you're using Google maps on PC you can go into satellite mode and turn off the labels by going in the menu and just clicking the drop down that says "labels on." Sadly though it looks like it's not available to be done on mobile.