Applications and Widgets 170• Layers: Enable or disable a map layer to display. Choose fromTraffic, Satellite, Terrain, Transit Lines, Latitude, My Maps,Bicycling, or Wikipedia. This option only displays in portraitmode.– or –Tap Menu for these options:• Add friends: Share your location with friends. For moreinformation, refer to “Sharing Your Location withFriends” on page 169.• Check in: Tap a location to check-in so others will know yourlocation.• Refresh friends: Update your Latitude list of friends.• Show stale friends / Hide stale friends: Show or hide friendsdepending on the accuracy of their Latitude information.• Location settings: Configures the location reporting settings.For more information, refer to “Maps Menu” on page 172.• Clear Map: Remove search results from the map.• Local: Provides access to the Local feature.• Layers: Provides access to the Layers feature.• Join Latitude/Latitude: Join Latitude, to share your locationwith friends you choose and Google.• My Places: Displays a list of Starred places.• Offers: Displays nearby local offers based on your currentlocation.• Settings: Configure settings. For more information, refer to“Maps Settings” on page 173.• Help: Launches Google mobile Help.LocalLocal (formerly known as Google Places) displays companylogos on a layer of Google Maps. When viewing an area youcan quickly locate a business or person, find out moreinformation about the business, see coupons, publicresponses, and more.1. From a Home screen, tap Apps ➔ Local.2. Tap Search and then use the Find places field tomanually enter a desired place or choose from amongthe various categories. Matches are filtered by thoseclosest to your current location.
