One of the most common uses for a map is to help you find a specific location, such as a friend's house or a restaurant where you plan to meet with others. Other times you may not know exactly where you want to go, but you do know what you want to find, such as the nearest pizza restaurant, gas station, supermarket, or coffeehouse. Whether you want to find a specific address or need to find a certain place, your iPad can show you the way.
If you know the exact address you want to find, you can locate it on your iPad by following these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Maps. The Maps screen appears.
Tap the Search tab in the upper-left corner of the screen. (It may already be selected.)
Tap the Search field in the upper-right corner of the screen. The virtual keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen, as shown in Figure 33-1.
Type an address and city. Then tap the Search key on the virtual keyboard. The map displays a red pin to identify the address, as shown in Figure 33-2.
Tap the orange circle with the white silhouette of a person in it. The screen shows you a photograph of the area around the address, as shown in Figure 33-3. By sliding your finger on this picture, you can see a 360-degree view of the surrounding area.
Tap the screen once, and tap the Done button that appears in the upper-right corner of the screen. Or tap the viewing circle that appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen to return to the map.
Note
After you have searched for one or more addresses, the Maps app stores those addresses in a Recents list, as shown in Figure 33-4. The Recents window appears automatically when you tap the Search field. You can clear this list by tapping the Clear button in the upper-left corner of the Recents window.
If you're looking for the nearest gas station or coffeehouse, you probably won't know the specific address. Fortunately, you don't have to know this type of information since you can just type pizza or supermarket into the Search field, and the Maps app is smart enough to figure out what you want and display multiple pins identifying locations of businesses that match what you want.
To search for specific places, follow these steps:
From the Home screen, tap Maps. The Maps screen appears.
Tap the Search tab in the upper-left corner of the screen.
Tap the Location icon, or simply scroll the map to an area that you want to investigate.
Tap the Search field in the upper-right corner of the screen. The virtual keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen (shown earlier in Figure 33-1).
Type a description of the place you want to find, such as pizza or gas. Red pins appear on the map to identify locations that match your search criteria, as shown in Figure 33-5.
Tap the Results icon (it looks like three white horizontal lines inside a gray circle) at the far right of the Search field. A list of names and addresses of places that match your search criteria appears, as shown in Figure 33-6.
Tap a name, and the map highlights the location of that business on the map.
