When you find a location on a map, you can bookmark it. That way, if you find a great restaurant, bookstore, or bar that you know you’ll want to return to, you can save this location for future use or send an email message to a friend so they’ll be able to find that place too.
To save a location or email it to a friend, follow these steps:
Search for a location using one of the instructions in Finding Places on a Map on page 208. Your chosen location appears on the map, marked by a red pin.
Tap the Information icon that appears (it looks like a white lowercase i in a blue circle). A window pops up, listing information about that location, as shown in Figure 25-10.
(Optional) Tap Add to Bookmarks. The Add Bookmark window appears. Type or edit a descriptive name, and tap Save.
(Optional) Tap Add to Contacts. The Create New Contact, Add to Existing Contact, and Cancel buttons appear. Tap Create New Contact, Add to Existing Contact, or Cancel. If you tap Create New Contact, you can edit any information before tapping the Done button. If you tap Add to Existing Contact, you’ll need to pick a name in your Contacts list to store the location information.
(Optional) Tap Share Location. A new email message appears, with the contact information attached.
Rather than look for an address or place and then create a bookmark, the Maps app also gives you the option of placing a purple pin on a map to identify any location you want. This can be handy for identifying a particular area without caring what that street address might be.
To place a bookmark on a map, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Maps. The Maps screen appears.
Tap the gray corner in the lower-right corner of the screen. A list of options appears, as shown in Figure 25-11.
Tap and slide the purple pin anywhere on the map. Lift your finger when the purple pin appears where you want it.
Tap the Information icon that appears (it looks like a white lowercase i in a blue circle). A window pops up, listing information about that location. (You can remove the pin by tapping Remove Pin.)
Type or edit a descriptive name, and tap Save.
If you have already stored someone’s street address in the Contacts app, you don’t need to retype this address into the Maps app to find its location. Instead, you can just tap that person’s name, and the Maps app will find that location for you.
To see how to find an address from the Contacts app, make sure you have stored someone’s street address, and then follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Maps. The Maps screen appears.
Tap the Bookmark icon. A window appears.
Tap Contacts at the bottom of this window. Your list of Contacts appears.
Tap a name. The map displays a red pin identifying the location of the address stored with that name. (If you choose a name that doesn’t have a street address stored with it, you’ll see a “No Street Addresses” message.)