Find an address on a map
Type any address into a map and see exactly where it sits, before you set off.
A paper map shows you everywhere at once. A map on a screen shows you the one place you asked about, and then tells you how far away it is and whether it is open.
The whole thing turns on one box at the top. You type a name or a ZIP code into it, the map moves, and a little pin drops on the spot.
The app on your own phone may be called Maps, Google Maps or something else again. Yours will look a little different from the practice one below, and every one of them has these same four steps: type, search, choose, look.
Key points
- Type a name or a ZIP code into a map and land on the right place
- Tell two places with the same name apart by reading the line underneath
- Check the opening hours for the whole week before you set off
- Send an address to somebody so their own map opens on it
What to remember
- The second line under a result — the street and the town — is the part that tells two places apart.
- Read the second line before you press. It is the difference between the office down the road and one in Oregon.
- Sharing a place sends the place itself. Whoever gets it can press it and their own map opens on the spot.
Try this
Look up your own address on your own phone. Seeing your own roof from above is oddly satisfying, and it proves the search box works the way you now expect.
Practice: Find an address on a map. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.