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.
Actions
Get Current Location
Gets the current location of the device using the GPS signal.
Find Places
Searches for nearby businesses and returns them as results. Pass a location as input to search near there.
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.
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.
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.
Extra Details
Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Meet%20at%20the%20halfway%20point
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Meet%20at%20the%20halfway%20point
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Meet at the halfway point”
end tell
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