Chapter 40. Finding a Location and Getting Directions

Looking at a map, you may have no idea where a favorite restaurant or sports bar might be. On a traditional paper map, you can mark a big X on a spot to help you quickly identify a specific location. That makes it easy to find that place again.

While you can't write directly on an iPhone map, you can place a cartoon push pin on the map to identify a favorite place, so you'll always be able to find your favorite sushi restaurant or the cheapest gas station every time you glance at your iPhone map. Better yet, your iPhone can give you driving, walking, and mass transit directions to help you get where you want to go.

Project goal: Learn how to find the most direct route to any location on a map ...

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