How to Manage And Save Places In Maps

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 12 Mar 2015

Nothing is more annoying than the need to search again in Google Maps for that restaurant you just pulled up 30 minutes ago. Avoid such redundancy by learning to star items. Which saves them from being recalled later inside Maps and finding your starred items. You’ll see your starred items on the web or iOS versions of Maps. You’ll see a star at the top right of that venue’s card. When you search for a location with the app, standard search, or Maps. Touch the star; like in Gmail, it will turn yellow to indicate saved. You’ll then see a star at that venue’s location on Maps. The next time you’re panning, zooming inside the map gives you a visual reference.
Starred items are in a list you can revisit inside the Maps application.
                                   

To get to all your saved places. Touch the menu and the three horizontal hamburger lines on the upper left. Select Your locations. You’ll then see the complete list. Touch a spot you want to see; it will be on the map. If you save too many items, your map can look like a children’s astronomy game. So if you ever want to par down the number of stars. Select some of the venues you saved and tap the stars again to un-save them. If you joined Local Guides, formerly City Experts. You can also see a list of places that suggests you review at the top of this menu. Along with your work and home address. If you haven’t filled these in, you can do so. Just click the Now tab to give traffic alert suggestions for getting home when you’re out.