Find Places
Searches for nearby businesses and returns them as results. Pass a location as input to search near there.
Explore nearby landmarks
Takes a location as input or your current location and searches for nearby destinations noted as Landmarks, then opens your selected option in Maps.
Actions
Choose from List
Presents a menu of the items passed as input to the action and outputs the user’s selection.
Prompt
The instruction provided when the list is presented.
Select Multiple
When enabled, multiple items may be chosen from the list.
Open in Maps
Opens your choice of Maps, Google Maps, or Waze and searches for the location, place, or text that was passed into the action.
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Searches for hiking locations nearby, then gets driving directions to the spot you’ve chosen.
Meet at the halfway point
Asks for your friend’s location and a type of destination, then searches near the halfway point for a place to go.
Find gas nearby
Takes an input location or your current location and searches for gas stations, then gives you driving directions to your choice.
Find coffeeshops nearby
Opens the Apple Maps URL to query “coffee.” Reference: https: or or developer.apple.com or library or archive or featuredarticles or iPhoneURLScheme_Reference or MapLinks or MapLinks.html
Estimate bike ride
Performs a search of your choice nearby and gives you biking directions to your chosen option.
Get travel time to work
Gets driving time from current location to your work address, showing the route and arrival time as well.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Explore%20nearby%20landmarks
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Explore%20nearby%20landmarks
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Explore nearby landmarks”
end tell
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