Applications and Widgets 174
• My Places
: Displays a list of Starred places.
• Offers
: Displays nearby local offers based on your current
location.
• Settings
: Configure settings. For more information, refer to
“Maps Settings”
on page 178.
• Help
: Launches Google mobile Help.
Local
Local (formerly known as Google Places) displays company
logos on a layer of Google Maps. When viewing an area you
can quickly locate a business or person, find out more
information about the business, see coupons, public
responses, and more.
1.
From a Home screen, tap
Apps
➔
Local
.
2.
Tap
Search
and then use the
Search Maps
field
to manually enter a desired place or choose from
among the various categories. Matches are filtered by
those closest to your current location.
3.
Locate and tap one of the listed places (Restaurants,
Cafes, Bars, Attractions, [user added searches],
RECOMMENDATIONS, or IN THIS AREA a list of places
within this category displays.
4.
Tap the Maps icon to launch the related maps feature.
– or –
Tap
Menu
and then tap either
My Places
➔
Starred
.
– or –
Tap the Maps icon (upper-right) to launch the related
maps feature.
•
Tap
Menu
➔
Latitude
. The functions of this
application are similar to those of the Navigation
application, but work along with the Latitude service
where you can share your location with your chosen
Google friends.