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 Used
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.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Explore%20nearby%20landmarks
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Explore%20nearby%20landmarks
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Explore nearby landmarks”
end tell
More From This Folder
Let’s go on a hike
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 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.
More From The Library
Log toothbrushing
Adds data to Health that you brushed you teeth, either at the current time or an earlier date you input.
Encode text for a URL
Asks you to enter text, then lets you encode or decode it to work properly in URLs.
Open RadarScope TV
Opens the RadarScope app for Apple TV that lets you see large weather maps and see conditions in your area.
Show my Heart data
Opens into the Health app to the Heart category to show various stats tracked by Apple Watch like heart rate, HRV, and ECG measurements.
Get way deeper into Shortcuts – become a member.