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Searching
The Maps app wouldn't be very useful if you couldn't use it to find things. In the following sections,
we show you how to search for places you want to go and people you want to see — including
people you have stored as contacts.
Finding a person, place, or thing
To find a person, place, or thing with Maps, follow these steps:
1.
Tap the Search field at the top of the screen to make the keyboard appear, and then type
what you're looking for.
You can search for addresses, zip codes, intersections, towns, landmarks, and businesses by
category and by name, or in combinations such as
New York, NY 10022; pizza 60645;
or even
BBQ Lockhart TX.
2.
(Optional) If the letters you type match names in your contacts list, the matching con-
tacts 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 that have a street address.
See the section “
Connecting maps and contacts
,
” later in this chapter, for more details.
3.
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
pushpin. If you searched for a category (
BBQ Lockhart TX,
for example), you see multiple
