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Find Yourself

To show a map of your current location, tap the locator icon. Your iPad uses any available location data—including nearby Wi-Fi signals and, for 3G iPad models, triangulation based on cellular towers and GPS signals—to approximate your position. If Maps can find you, it drops a blue pin at your location.

Note

Hide and seek: As with the iPhone, the availability and accuracy of position data depends on quite a few variables. In some situations Maps can't find you at all, and in others, your reported position may be incorrect. But if you're in a heavily populated area with Wi-Fi turned on—or outside with a 3G iPad—results should be excellent. ...