Find a Place

Find a Place finds somewhere in the world: a town, an address, a landmark, or a position you type. Click the magnifying glass in the toolbar, or on the Mac choose Edit ▸ Find a Place… (⌘F). On a closed iPhone Duo the magnifying glass is in the side strip.

The orange pin of the Golden Gate Bridge on the map, its callout with the name, a + to add it as a placemark and an ✕ to remove the pin

Type in the field. Apple Maps’ suggestions appear as you type.
Pick one, or press Return for the first. If what you typed is a position, Go to … comes first, marked Coordinates.
The map goes there, about a kilometer across, and an orange pin with a magnifying glass marks the place.

The pin stays until your next search. Click (tap) it for its callout:

+ (Add Placemark Here) makes it a placemark in the file, named after the place, and turns on editing. It needs Pro.
✕ (Remove Pin) takes the pin away.

The pin belongs to the window, never to the file. Find a Place keeps your last search for the next time you open it.

Coordinates

Type or paste a position in any of the formats KML Explore reads, latitude first:

You type	Read as
`40.7536, -73.9838` or `40.7536 -73.9838`	Decimal degrees
`40.78N, 73.96W` or `73.96W, 40.78N`	Decimal degrees with hemisphere letters
`40 45.217 N, 73 59.026 W`	Degrees and decimal minutes
`40°46'57"N 73°57'56"W` or `N40 46 57 W73 57 56`	Degrees, minutes and seconds
`18T 585785 4511904`	UTM
`18T WL 85784 11903` or `18TWL8578411903`	MGRS (a shorter reference goes to its square’s center)