Finding and Viewing Locations

You can search for locations, get your current location, mark a location with the drop pin, and get satellite and Google Street Views.

Searching for Locations

You can search for locations in many ways—by address, intersection, area, landmark, bookmark, contact, or zip code, for example.

Find a location and see a map:

1Tap the search field to bring up the keyboard.

2Type an address or other search information.

3Tap Search.

A pin marks the location. Tap the pin to see the name or description of the location.

Tap to get information about the location, get directions, add the location to your bookmarks or contacts list, or email a link to Google Maps.

Locations can include places of interest added by Google My Maps users (“User- created content”), and sponsored links that appear as special icons (for example, ).

Zoom in to a part of a map

Pinch the map with two fingers. Or double-tap

 

the part you want to zoom in on. Double-tap

 

again to zoom in even closer.

 

 

Zoom out

Pinch the map. Or tap the map with two fingers.

 

Tap with two fingers again to zoom out further.

 

 

Pan or scroll to another part of the map

Drag up, down, left, or right.

 

 

See the location of someone’s address in your contacts list: Tap in the search field, then tap Contacts and choose a contact.

To locate an address in this way, the contact must include at least one address. If the contact has more than one address, choose the one you want to locate. You can also find the location of an address by tapping the address directly in Contacts.

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