iPad User Magazine - UK (2019-04)

How to Find a good place to eat

1

Chooseyourthing

WhenyouopenMapsyou’llseethe

searchbarandsomeusefuliconsbelow

it.Thesearetheoneswewanttouseto

findcoolthingsindifferentcategories.

Let’sselectFoodandDrinkssowecan

findanearbyrestaurant–justtapit.

2

Seetheresults

Bydefault,theFoodandDrink

categoryshowsyouallkindsof

restaurants,cafesandbarsnearby,but

youcanrefinetheselectionwiththe

iconsatthetopofthesearchpanel.

Tapone of the results to see more.

3

Pick a place

When you tap a result, you’ll see its

location in the main Maps screen, and

you’ll also see the information panel at

the left. This brings you photos of the

place and reviews from TripAdvisor, as

well as useful other details.

4

Readthereviews

ThelittlePayicontellsusthatthis

particularestablishmentacceptsApple

Pay,andtheselectionofreviewstells

uswhether people think it’s a good

restaurant. Maps also links to TripAdvisor

for more reviews beyond these.

5

Book a table

This restaurant doesn’t book online

so we’ll have to phone instead. You can

do that inside Maps: just tap the number.

If you’re on iPad you’ll need your iPhone

nearby and signed into the same iCloud

account in order to make calls.

6

Share the booking

Scroll back up towards the top and

you’ll see our old friend, the Share icon.

Tap on that and you can share the Maps

location via various apps. Here we’re

going share using Apple’s Message app,

so someone else can see it.

7

Check the message

As you can see, Maps has included a

nice little thumbnail showing the actual

location of our chosen place. The

recipient can tap on that to open it in the

Maps app on their own device to see all

the info we’ve already found.

8

Getdirections

Asyou’dexpect,tappingon

Directionstellsyouthebestwaytoget

whereyou’regoingfromwhereyouare.

Youcansharethesedirectionsby

tappingShareandchoosingtheapp

youwant to share them with.

9

Save for later

You can save a location as a

favourite or you can save it to your

Contacts app so that it’s available in your

phone app or email app too. Maps

automatically copies the relevant

information across.

Local info in MapsaPPle aPPS