Maps--GPS?

[joeg679]

I live in NJ, but my friend typed in his home address, which is in Long Island, into my google maps. I was home today and typed in Sushi and it gave me sushi restaurants in Long Island. I was also in manhattan later and the same thing happened. Is there a way to set the phone to know where you are and give you results accordingly?

[Alexander]

Originally Posted by joeg679

I live in NJ, but my friend typed in his home address, which is in Long Island, into my google maps. I was home today and typed in Sushi and it gave me sushi restaurants in Long Island. I was also in manhattan later and the same thing happened. Is there a way to set the phone to know where you are and give you results accordingly?

If I'm searching for Starbucks in Atlanta, first I type "Atlanta, GA" then it zooms in on Atlanta, then I type "Starbucks" and it pinpoints Starbucks in Atlanta.

[ChArLiE713]

I type what I am looking for then I put the zipcode

[alexster]

There is no GPS device built into the iPhone. =/

You gotta tell it where you are

[iPhobos]

Originally Posted by ChArLiE713

I type what I am looking for then I put the zipcode

This is how I would suggest going about searching for something. I have used this method countless times and made it to my destination in a phlash

[joeg679]

Thanks, that is the best way to do it.

[Martlet]

The format is the same as google maps.

"Sushi near Manhattan, NY" or
"Sushi near 90210" or
"Sushi near 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC"

You can cheat, and iPhone Maps will guess what location you wanted if you just give it a search term.

If you type just "Sushi" iPhone Maps will guess this means "Sushi near <the last location I was at in maps>".

So, you either have to give it what you want to find, and where you want to find it, or navigate to where you want it to start searching, and then give it a term.

[Woofus]

Originally Posted by Martlet

The format is the same as google maps.

That's odd... I put in my home address and typed "Pizza delivery" then waited a few minutes and got the following response.

"Not a chance, fat man...move closer to the city!"