Finding People and Places with iPhone Maps

With the Maps feature on your iPhone, you can view maps and satellite images to find people and places with a few taps.

Tap the iPhone Maps icon on the Home screen, and then tap the search field at the top of the screen to make the keyboard appear. Now type what you're looking for: contacts; addresses; ZIP codes; intersections; towns; landmarks; businesses by category and by name; and combinations, such as New York, NY 10022, pizza 60645 or Auditorium Shores Austin TX.

If the letters you type match names in your Contacts list, the matching contacts appear in a list below the search field. Tap a name to see a map of that contact's location. Maps is smart about it, too; it displays only the names of contacts with a street address.


When you finish typing, tap Search. After a few seconds, a map appears. If you searched for a single location, it's marked with a single pushpin. If you searched for a category (pizza 60645, for example), you see multiple pushpins, one for each matching location (in this case, pizza shops).

To work with what you see on the screen, you can choose from three views: Map, Satellite, and List. Select the one you want by tapping its button at the bottom of the screen.

In Map or Satellite view, you can zoom to see more or less of the map, or scroll (pan) to see what's above, below, or to the left or right of what's on the screen:

To zoom out: Pinch the map or double-tap using two fingers. To zoom out even more, pinch or double-tap using two fingers again.
This is a new concept. To double-tap with two fingers, merely tap twice in rapid succession with two fingers rather than the usual one finger. (That's a total of four taps, two taps per finger.)

To zoom in: Un-pinch the map or double-tap (the usual way — with just one finger) the spot you want to zoom in on. Un-pinch or double-tap with one finger again to zoom in even more.
An un-pinch is the opposite of a pinch. Start with your thumb and a finger together and then flick them apart.
You can also un-pinch with two fingers or two thumbs, one from each hand, but you'll probably find that a single-handed pinch and un-pinch is handier.

To scroll: Flick or drag up, down, left, or right.