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 as a bookmark, follow these steps:
Search for a location using one of the instructions in Finding Places on a Map in What You'll Be Using. 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 33-7.
Tap Add to Bookmarks. The Add Bookmark window appears, as shown in Figure 33-8.
Type or edit a descriptive name, and tap Save.
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 bottom right of the screen. A list of options appears, as shown in Figure 33-9.
Tap Drop Pin. A purple pin appears on the map, as shown in Figure 33-10.
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.)
Tap Add to Bookmarks. The Add Bookmark window appears (shown earlier in Figure 33-8).
Type or edit a descriptive name, and tap Save.
If you have 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, as shown in Figure 33-11.
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.)
Tap the Bookmarks button at the bottom of the window. A list of saved bookmarks appears.
Tap the bookmark that you want to view. Your chosen bookmarked location appears on the map.
If you find the location of a business that you need to store for future use, you could save it as a bookmark, but you might want to save it in the Contacts app instead. This makes it easy to find the phone number or street address of the location just by opening and browsing the Contacts app.
To save a location in the Contacts app, follow these steps:
Search for a location using one of the instructions in Finding Places on a Map in What You'll Be Using. 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 (shown earlier in Figure 33-7).
Tap Add to Contacts. The Create New Contact, Add to Existing Contact, and Cancel buttons appear, as shown in Figure 33-12.
Tap Create New Contact, Add to Existing Contact, or Cancel.
Note
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.
People are always sharing tips for the locations of the lowest-priced gas stations, the best restaurants, or the most trustworthy doctors. One way to share this information easily is by email. To share a location by email, follow these steps:
Search for a location using one of the instructions in Finding Places on a Map in What You'll Be Using. 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 (shown earlier in Figure 33-7).
Tap Share Location. An email message appears with your location's address stored as a vCard (.vcf) format, which programs such as Microsoft Outlook and Address Book can read.
Type an email address to receive your message, and tap Send.